Originally to: Richard Adams
* Richard Adams's head hit the keyboard and wrote:
>> Originally to: All
>>
>> Is it possible to mount a cdrom on a nfs server.
> Yes.
>> I share 1 cdrom unit on my network and cannot seem to get the unit
> that
>> has it to auto mount it when it is required
> I cannot comment on automounting as i have never used it.
> I also belive automounting such disks is not a good idea on a NFS
> server.
The server is blocked to the outside world but I understand your view.
> Normally one mounts a cdrom under a directory, that directory would
> need to
> be exported in /etc/exports.
> I have mine mounted at bootime and exported this way, however my local
> lan
> has access to /usr/local so i mount my cdrom under /usr/local/cdrom
> No need for any other configuration this way.
One of the reasons I need to automount is that it is where I installed
the Linux from. ATM, I log into the nfs server and manual mount, umount,
change cd, mount etc :)
Sean
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