[UCLA-LUG] HEEELLLPPPP

[witten@linux.ucla.edu]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 06:09:52PM -0800, Todd A. Lyons wrote:
> witten wrote:
> 
> > > how do i mount the floppy just once so that i can read all formats of
> > > diskettes,
> > Edit your /etc/fstab file as root. On (only) the line that says /mnt/floppy,
> > change "ext2" to vfat and mounting will default to vfat (Windows) formatted
> > disks, which are a lot more common than ext2 formatted disks. You can
> > explicitly change the disk type from the default by giving mount the "-t"
> > option (like "mount -t minix") on a case by case basis.
> 
> I think he wants to be able to remove and insert floppy disks at will
> and not be forced to remount it everytime, similar to the way that
> Windows detects when a new floppy disk is inserted and simply reads in
> the new directory/file information.  I don't think there is a method to
> do this at the command line.  Maybe in a GUI environment though.

There is a method to do this at both the command line and in a GUI. It
involves a patch to the kernel called "supermount". The only distribution I
know of that has this integrated into the default stock kernel is Mandrake
7.0.

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