If you comment the line out in /etc/fstab that defines the CDRom drive, then you no longer get any mount problems.
I believe that this issue is due to the fact that if a USB drive (or key) is inserted, it could be assigned to the /dev/sd** device that is defined in the /etc/fstab file for the cdrom, which specifies a cdrom type file system. As it is extremely unlikely that your USB device is formated as a cdrom (is09660), then the mount will fail. For example, if your /etc/fstab file defines your CDRom drive as /dev/sdb1 and you insert a 1GB USB Key, that key could quite easily be assigned to /dev/sdb1 by the hotplug management. When trying to actually mount the 1GB USB key, there will be a check in /etc/fstab to see if the mount has been defined. In this case there is a mount point defined for /dev/sdb1, so there is an attempt to mount the 1GB Key as a CD (iso9660), naturally failing as it will most likely be fat16/32 or ext2/3 (xfs, jfs, zfs, etc.). You could always define labels on the file systems of your USB devices, but you would still need to define mount points in the /etc/fstab file using those labels. Apartently Ubuntu is getting more official support for installing from USB devices, so perhaps the installer will be a bit more intelligent about what gets put in the /etc/fstab file. For now, I would just uncomment the line unless you use an external CD/DVD drive. If you do use an external drive, then label your USB partions and define them in /etc/fstab -- Usb stick added to fstab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/226578 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Eee Coders, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Eee. Status in Ubuntu Eee: New Bug description: Ubuntu Eee is mainly installed though usb sticks. Ubuntu thinks it's a cd and adds it to /etc/fstab This f**ks everything up. Connecting something is ignored since there's an error in fstab Ex: /dev/sdb1 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto,exec,utf8 0 0 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eee-coders Post to : ubuntu-eee-coders@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-eee-coders More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
