[nflug] >mount

[Robert Meyer]

Actually, on a Mandrake system, you just type 'supermount -i enable' and it
does all the editting for you.  It sets up the /mnt/cdrom and /mnt/floppy
filesystems.  Does that ROCK or what?!

later...

Bob
--- Robert Dege <rdege at cse.Buffalo.EDU> wrote:
> 
> I already use supermount, as part of the Mandrake 2.4x kernel.
> Unfortunately, the owner hasn't written any "official" src code for the
> 2.4x kernel, so I have to use Mandrake's hack.... which works fine.
> 
> I'll check out the fuser program though.  I'm not sure if it will flag a
> shell & the cwd, but I'll find out.
> 
> 
> Greg, Supermount allows a user to mount & unmount a fs without explicitly
> mounting/umounting it.  It would be using a floppy or cd-rom just like
> in Windows9x.  ie: you hit the eject button on your CD-Rom & supermount
> will unmount the drive & allow the CD to be ejected.  This also works for
> Floppies & HD partitions.
> 
> You need to modify your kernel & fstab file.  Mandrake has supermount
> built into the 2.4x kernel.  Or you can use their kernel 2.4x source, if
> you want to manually compile the kernel.
> 
> If you want more info about it, I can post my fstab file.  It's a pain to
> type a supermount line manually :)
> 
> -Rob
> 
> 
> > If there is a process that is currently in the directory that the drive is
> > mounted under, it cannot be unmounted.  You can use the 'fuser' program
> with
> > the -m <block device> option to find out what has the file system mounted. 
> You
> > can probably use the -k option to kill the processes that have it open and
> then
> > do the unmount.
> >
> > Of course, this is a really rude thing to do to users :-)
> >
> > Have you considered using the 'supermount' system?  It will mount file
> systems
> > when you attempt to access them and unmount them when nothing is talking to
> the
> > file system any more.  Kinda cool for CDROM and floppy drives.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Bob
> 
> 


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Bob Meyer
Knightwing Communications, Inc.
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Depew, NY 14043
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