[nflug] >mount

[Robert Dege]

D'OH!

It that a script or a binary.  The author never made any utilities for it,
so I'm wondering if it's interoperable ;)

-Rob

> 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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Dege

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