[CentOS] Mount floppy on startup?

Fri Aug 26 06:27:15 UTC 2005
Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty at sbcglobal.net>

Ash Christopher wrote:
> Hi Craig,
> 
> By default there is a noauto in the fstab.

Depends on who created the fstab entry.

> I first tried removing the entry for the floppy from the fstab, and upon
> my next boot up the following was inserted at the end of my fstab file:
> 
> /dev/fd0                /media/floppy           auto
> pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
> 

This is my entry, which works under FC2 to do exactly what you want.

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto    noauto,user,exec,kudzu 0 0

(well, I cut some space for readability)

> Are you suggesting I change this to the following? So, as you can see,
> the noauto is already in my fstab.

Yes, I don't understand what is the problem, myself. OTOH, I don't
know what the "pamconsole" does, either, nor the "managed". Perhaps
"managed" is a replacement for "kudzu", but I doubt it.

> Maybe I do not understand your solution properly.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ash

Mike
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