Okay, okay. We're getting somewhere here. :) Thanks for clearing that up for me, Derek. In the Mount section of the Mandrake Control Center, I enabled Supermount, and disabled "user" and "noauto". I rebooted, and now I can just eject the disc and it'll auto- unmount it for me. Great!
But here's the next part: In RedHat, they've got it setup by default to open the cdrom mount point when a disc is inserted. Do you know how to set it to do that? Or will that conflict with Supermount in some way? Thanks! -Lawrence 10/17/2002 10:34:14 AM, Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ermm Supermount does do what you ask... > >If Supermount is enabled you do not have to mount/unmount removable media >(In fact if you DO try mounting it, it will screw up the supermount operation) > >What you are probably experiencing is the issue that if ANY application has a >file open on a removable media, then you CANNOT unmount it, or remove it. > >So if you have konqueror file manager open at /mnt/cdrom, then you have to >close konqueror before it will respond to the eject button. > >You just have to be a little bit disciplined about closing applications before >removing media. > >Sorry but that is just the way it is at the moment. Not everything about Linux >is better than Windows :( > >derek > > > >On Thursday 17 Oct 2002 4:09 pm, Flux wrote: >> REAL newbie question here: >> >> Is there any way to get removable media to work in Linux the way it does in >> the Windows/Mac world? >> >> It kinda bugs me that I have to unmount the cdrom just to eject it. Case >> in point, if I accidentally hit the eject button on my laptop, nothing >> happens, and the disc is no longer accessable through Linux unless I >> reboot. WTF? Isn't there some automounting feature that will take care of >> this? What about Supermount? What IS that, anyway? >> >> I'm sorry to rant, but I'm just blown away by the fact that some sort of >> automounting isn't already built-in. If anyone knows some options for me, >> give 'em to me. I'm eager to learn here... >> >> -Lawrence Winstead > > >
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