Re: Disabling dynamic changes to fstab

From: Amarok (amarok.wolf.despiste_at_netcabo.pt)
Date: 05/26/05 

Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 15:49:54 +0100

Chip wrote:

> I am running Fedora 3 and have a DVD burner. The original entry in
> fstab for the burner was read only and I changed this, removing the
> read only in fstab. However, on rebooting, the changes were removed.
> Obviously there is some other program that dynamically updates fstab on
> boot up. How would I prevent this program from destroying my changes?
>
> TIA

fstab sets the mount points and the way volumes are mounted... in the case
of your DVD burner, you only use your mount point to read cds or dvds with
computer files... so read only is correct to a DVD, even a burner...
you don't mount: Cd-Audio, DVD-Movie, etc... you only mount discs that have
computer files on them.
To burn a DVD you don't use the mount point, your burning software (cdrecord
or k3b, etc) will deal with your burner directly through is
device... /dev/dvd ou something else...

let the mount point of DVD in your fstab with the read only on... that's the
correct way.

Regards
Amarok

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