You won't lose functionality, I don't believe.  I believe it is a security
thing.  I've been running mine this way for quite some time based on advice from
somebody from this list.  But, you'll notice, there are a lot of "i believes" in
my advice.  Please, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

jim
Quoting "Mitchell, Edmund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> Thanks to both of you, I will try those tips.
> 
> What is supermount?  What is it trying to do?
> What will disabling it do to my system?  What functionality 
> will I lose, and how can I replace it, or work around it's
> loss?
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> Edmund
> 
> P.S. -Donnie, I brought my fstab to work with me today to post,
> and now I can't find it.  I'll post it tonight, if that's OK...
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James S Bear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 11:05 PM
> To: Donnie Green
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Floppy & CD work fine, then not
> 
> 
> A little trick I learned, from a command line:
> supermount -i disable
> 
> Reboot
> Locks should be gone.
> 
> Apparently(somebody could clear this up for me)there is a bug in
> supermount?
> jim
> Quoting Donnie Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> > What does your fstab look like for your floppy drive and cdrom?  I had
> the
> 
> > same problem you are having.  To solve my problems I got rid of the 
> > supermount option and changed the lines for my cdrom.  Can you post your 
> > fstab?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > >From: "Mitchell, Edmund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED] '" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Subject: [newbie] Floppy & CD work fine, then not
> > >Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 15:31:36 -0700
> > >
> > >Hello all
> > >
> > >I have two boxes running LM8, and the floppies & CDROM's
> > >in each work great for about two hours, then not.
> > >If I cd /mnt/floppy, I get an error message like:
> > >bash: cd: /mnt/floppy:  Input/Output Error
> > >
> > >In the graphical file browser, it shows my floppy and
> > >CD as having little locks on them, and if I click on them,
> > >(even from a superuser window) it says I don't have enough
> > >permissions, although a check of the permissions reveals
> > >that they are wide open.
> > >
> > >I tried umounting then mounting as root, and that allowed
> > >me to go a place called /mnt/floppy, but it was not my
> > >floppy, because there were no files there, and the floppy
> > >drive had made no sound, so it was clear the system didn't
> > >even try to access it.
> > >
> > >The floppy disk in question worked 1 minute later on a
> > >Caldera box...
> > >
> > >Thanks for any help
> > >
> > >Edmund
> > >
> > 
> > 
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> 
> 
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> 
> 
> 



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