Charlie, My /etc/mtab file would appear to be static, with a constant content as follows:-
/dev/hdb5 / ext3 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 none /dev devfs rw 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdb6 /home ext3 rw 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom supermount ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/nt ntfs ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15 0 0 It may follow that supermount may require this file. However, having corresponded with you before, accept that you have a deeper knowledge of this area than I. Seasons greetings to an old friend from Malcolm Candlish. On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 19:22, Charlie wrote: > On December 19, 2002 10:00 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > <snip> > > I find that very odd. I wondered at first if it was because you were using > > 'auto' mounting, not supermount, as I do. But then I realised that my > > LS120 drive is set up to mount the way you do, and my mtab has the > > following line: > > > > /dev/sda /mnt/LS120 vfat > > rw,noexec,sync,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 > > > > which obviously is preparing it for mounting from the icon. > > > > I'm not sure just what is happening here. As I undertand it you can, from > > a desktop icon, mount and unmount cdrom and cd-rw without problems, yet > > mtab doesn't recognise their existance. > > > > Any help, anyone? > > > > Anne > > I don't think that's unusual at all Anne and John. The mtab file is the 'mount > table' (dynamic)as opposed to fstab; 'file system table' (static) which > contains instructions to the kernel for handling these devices including what > file systems to expect there as well as locations and permissions. Mtab > shouldn't show anything unless the device is mounted I believe. > > When you read it with no devices mounted there won't be any there, ya think? > Try again with media in the drive maybe. You know, mount a disk? > > You couldn't tell I'm guessing (maybe a logical guess but...) could you? :-) > > Regards; > -- > Charlie > Edmonton,AB,Canada > Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org > Doctors and lawyers must go to school for years and years, often with > little sleep and with great sacrifice to their first wives. > -- Roy G. Blount, Jr. > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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