> From: Mike Werner [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 12:33
>
> If you mount your CDROM drive through your fstab file, check and see if
> the CDROM line in your fstab file has the 'noexec' option in it. If it
> does, remove that option. IIRC most distros add that option to any
> CDROM drive mount line in the fstab. Or was it any removable drive?
> Now I don't remember. But anyway, I'd start by taking a look at your
> fstab.
>
Thank you.
It was already suggested to me to try "defaults" for my /cdrom entry in
fstab. It worked, although I didn't know why.
Your explanation makes sense. SuSE has the "user" option listed which, by
default, causes "noexec" to be set.
I guess this was the cause of my headaches.
Thanks again.
Adrian
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