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Please ignore the original content of this message (quoted below). I found out that you can install supermount with non-mandrake kernels too:
1. get latest supermount *patch file for your kernel version
2. copy the file to /usr/src/linux-version
3. run
patch -p1 <supermount.version.patch
4. Configure and turn on "supermount" support under filesystems sections
5. Compile and install the new kernel with supermount support
(read the supermount README to learn how to edit /etc/fstab file and activate supermount after booting the new kernel).
Quote:
AFAIK, supermount is specific to the Mandrake distribution kernel. Even if Mandrake comes with, say, 2.4.21 kernel, it is a "mdk" modified kernel, including the supermount module, which is not available if I download 2.4.21 kernel source from www.kernel.org. Therefore, supermount can not be compiled from any unmodified kernel sources except for kernel sources modified by Mandrake. If you cannot compile it, it is unlikely that it will work with any other distribution (and just copying over kernel modules from another kernel to your system is not a good idea, because of unresolved symbols - remember the DLL nightmare in MS world...).
To tell the truth, even though I use Mandrake 9.0, I decided to uninstall supermount, because it didn't work really well. Lets wait until ML 9.1 users report substantial improvements on supermount performance/stability, so that it can be widely recomended. I think supermount should be an option available at every Linux distribution wanting to seriously compete with that dominant OS on the Desktop market... (it is not easy to reinvent the wheel all the time...)
I've never had any trouble with supermount, even when Mandrake said it was broken in their 8.1 release. It's one of the main
reasons I prefer Mandrake, and I don't understand why other
distributions haven't seen the light.
I wouldn't be without it, given the choice. The whole 'mount',
'umount' stuff is just too time consuming, and user un-friendly.
It may look user un-friendly but it gives you complete control to what's happening on your machine.
By default only root can mount and umount cd-roms, you can make it easier by editing
/etc/fstab
and adding to the cd-rom line (tipically /dev/cdrom or /dev/hdc) the options:
defaults, umask=022
to make every user able to mount/umount.
Once again, sorry if I wrote something obvious,
greetings
> It may look user un-friendly but it gives you complete control to > what's happening on your machine.
Having supermount doesn't prevent you from doing this. I can't imagine what "complete control" means with respect to
CDROMs, anyway. With CDROMs, I just want to put the
disc in the drive and use it.
Floppies are a little more complicated, but for an already
formatted floppy, supermount is great. Just put it in and use it.
> By default only root can mount and umount cd-roms, you can
> make it easier by editing /etc/fstab
You can also use the 'user' option in the fstab file.
Distribution: Slackware, (Non-Linux: Solaris 7,8,9; OSX; BeOS)
Posts: 1,152
Rep:
I use automount. When I do a
Code:
ls /cdrom
, it mounts /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 at /cdrom and gives me the directory listing. After a couple of minutes of non-use, it umounts /cdrom. Works great with floppies and compact flash cards too. =-}
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