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On Thursday 20 Jan 2005 11:01, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
>
> At least you're not alone.  Some time ago there was a thread about
> "the ghost in the machine".  It turned out the culprit was
> supermount.  This devil have plagued us for years now.  In 10.1 is
> worse than ever, if I may have a say.  To me it seems that this
> ghost has a will of its own, randomly changing /etc/fstab.  For
> example my fstab changes in unpredictable ways whenever I insert a
> floppy, an USB device like a mp3 player, a scanner or a camera.
> More often than not I have to edit fstab by hand in order to get
> things right again, but the ghost returns after a short while.
>
> I guess this is the penalty we have to pay for using an otherwise
> fine distro.
>
It's funny how supermount drives some people mad, yet I've never had a 
problem, with any version of Mdk that I've used.  I do admit, though, that I 
prefer automount for removable devices.

Anne
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