Bug 3073

Summary:	Allowing users to mount floppy and CDROM by addition of "user" into fstab
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Dan Lund <dan_lund>
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide	Assignee:	Sherman Boyd (meekrob) (RETIRED) <meekrob>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Dan Lund 2002-05-27 11:20:44 UTC

In the fstab section of the documentation, a note stating that the addition of
the "user" flag after noauto,ro would allow normal users to mount/unmount the
cdroms.

e.g.: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0      /mnt/cdrom0     iso9660         noauto,ro,user  0 0

This will allow users to have the choice during installation, and stop
frustrated Mandrake/Redhat users from thinking something is broken.

Comment 1 Peitolm 2002-06-03 06:20:57 UTC

updated

Comment 2 Dan Lund 2002-06-03 13:26:30 UTC

No mention of the "user" flag in the installation manual. 
Only updated to include the /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 line. 
 
In the red section above the fstab, I think a mention of the "user" flag as 
allowing users to mount/unmount the drive would help out.

Comment 3 Sherman Boyd (meekrob) (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-06-10 17:47:21 UTC

I've added a note to the fstab section.  Thanks!