fstab entry for a CDROM

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2 total messages Started by Brian Lakeman Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:34

#2210

Author: Brian Lakeman
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 15:34

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I'm going to export my cdrom to other machine on the network, but the 
cdrom is ejected everytime someone logs off of the console.  I tried  
copying the fstab entry I get from 'mount -p' into /etc/fstab and loading
that, but that didn't work.  I tried mounting it from a shell, but I had 
no success.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

-Bri

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North Dakota State University

Re: fstab entry for a CDROM

#2236

Author: System Administrator
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 18:16

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Brian Lakeman (lakeman@drifter.acm.ndsu.NoDak.edu) wrote:
: I'm going to export my cdrom to other machine on the network, but the 
: cdrom is ejected everytime someone logs off of the console.  I tried  
: copying the fstab entry I get from 'mount -p' into /etc/fstab and loading
: that, but that didn't work.  I tried mounting it from a shell, but I had 
: no success.
: 
: Any help would be greatly appreciated.
: 
: -Bri
: 
Try this:
	While no one is logged in, insert the CD.  Now log in over the net
and do an explicit mount where you want it.  This should stay put.

	Warning:  To date I've not found a way to disable the eject button.
If another Unix box has the cd mounted by nfs, things can get sticky if you
eject a disk that someone else is looking at.  Good candidates for automounts.
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