-----Original Message----- From: <suse-linux-e@suse.com> at Internet <IMCEACCMAIL-+3Csuse-linux-e+40suse+2Ecom+3E+20at+20Internet@mail.crc.com> To: suse-linux-e <suse-linux-e@suse.com> at Internet <IMCEACCMAIL-suse-linux-e+20+3Csuse-linux-e+40suse+2Ecom+3E+20at+20Internet@ mail.crc.com> Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 3:50 PM Subject: [SuSE Linux] Re: mounting floppy and cd in kde desktop

Hi,

On Fri, Dec 25, 1998 at 01:19 +0800, Jayel L. Villamin wrote:

...

i created a icons for my floppy and cdrom in the kde desktop. but i can't seem to access it. doing a manual mount in the terminal, i get a message 'only root can mount'. by the way, i'm using my own account not root. please help.

If you want to mount stuff as a user, you have to setup /etc/fstab. Add something like

/dev/fd0 /floppy auto rw,noauto,user,sync 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,noauto,user 0 0

to it (make sure that the directories /floppy and /cdrom exist). Then as a user you can mount with `mount /floppy' or `mount /cdrom'.

Well, I had to make the floppy line look like:

/dev/fd0 /floppy auto rw,noauto,user,exec,suid 0 0

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