Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-kde (182 mails)

[Henry C McFadyen Jr <hmcfadyen@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All

I have been using GNU/Linux since RH 5.0, switched to SUSE 9.0, and  have used 
all SUSE versions with KDE since. I have operated a small lawoffice with only 
free software for 3 years---but I'm still a newbie at administration. So 
please pardon me for bringing up the primitive subject of mounting floppies.

I used to mount all my moveable filesystems from the command line, and it was 
obvious that an automount system would be needed before GNU/Linux could rule 
the desktop. Next I used the KDE kwikdisk tool in SUSE  9.0---a big step in 
the right direction. By the time I got to SUSE 10.1, full automount seemed to 
work out of the box.

Now I'm migrating to 10.1, and it appears I must mount a floppy from the 
command line or use the kwikdisk tool again. I think I installed all the 
standard KDE stuff and the file autofs 4.1.4-23 is installed. My 
file  /etc/fstab lists "auto" as the file system fd0, but has "noauto" as one 
of the options.

I looked at the documentation on automount in the system help pages, but what 
I saw there was too technical for me----automounting is complicated.

The SUSE manual that came with 10.1 says nothing about all this except to give 
a few hints about mounting from the command line. Is this the way to treat a 
newcomer to GNU/Linux?

Now to my questions:

Can anyone give us an explanation of the SUSE/KDE approach to automounting 
generally?

Was there something in the installation about automount that I missed?

Is there a simple explanation to my situation---like editing /etc/fstab to 
change "no auto" to "auto" ? Or should I just relax and continue to use the 
kwikdisk tool? 

Thanks!

Hank McFadyen
Dallas Texas