What did I do incorrectly with /etc/fstab??

[Floog]

I cannot mount my floppy drive or my cdrom.
I can't figure out what I have done incorrectly with /etc/fstab. Here's a copy of the file:

/dev/hda1 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 / reiserfs defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,exec,nouser,rw 0 0
/dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,exec,nouser,ro 0 0

I have tried "mount /dev/fd0" and "mount /mnt/floppy" but no-go. Same thing for the cdrom-- "mount /dev/hdb" and "mount /mnt/cdrom".

I have also tried to simple "mount" command and then cd /mnt/floppy or /mnt/cdrom.

I am using Slackware 8.0. So far, I really like this distro.; however, my persistant newbie-ness prevents me from getting past the simple stuff and on to linux greatness. Thank you for your time and patience.

Mike

[ds801]

The entry "nouser" means that only root can mount the drives.

Also, AFAIK, you still have to use the full mount command, even for drives that are listed in /etc/fstab. So, to mount the floppy you'd type:

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy [enter]

Try that as root and see if you can mount the drive.

[mcmanus69]

try this: <mnt device> <mnt point> <file system> noauto,user,exec 0 0

noauto means it's not loaded automatically at boot-up.

user means users can mount/unmount

exec means you can execute programs from that device

user MUST come before exec. You can't give a user the ability to execute if you haven't specified whether or not users can even mount it. =)

And to clarify, you do hafta specify the mount point, but byou don't need to specify the device if you have fstab setup properly. I know this is true in Mandrake and SuSE, but since I haven't gotten Slack to work on my other system, I won't say this is true for all distros (although I'm thinking it is).

just "mount /mnt/cdrom" should work or "mount /mnt/floppy"

[cperry42975]

User this for Slack 8 and it will work fine

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro 0 0

unless you made a directory to mount cdrom under /mnt

[cperry42975]

one more thing, dont forget to hit enter after you type the last line or Slack will persistently tell you "no final newline in fstab" every time you mount

[cperry42975]

Oh yeah let me clarify 1 moe thing, By default if you dont create another directory for the floppy you will need to use just
/mnt for mount point rather than /mnt/floppy

[Choozo]

Originally posted by cperry42975:
<STRONG>one more thing, dont forget to hit enter after you type the last line or Slack will persistently tell you "no final newline in fstab" every time you mount</STRONG>
That must be if you are using emacs when editing?
As far as I know, vi/vim adds a newline by default when you save the file.

You can verify this by editing a testfile in 'vi': add just one line/word without hitting enter after the last word in the testdoc, and save it. Then do a Octal Dump 'od' of the file like this:
$ od -cb testfile
which will return:

0000000 o n e l i n e \n
157 156 145 040 154 151 156 145 012
0000011
Notice the \n (character #012) at the end here.

Cheers :)

[cperry42975]

That must be if you are using emacs when editing?
As far as I know, vi/vim adds a newline by default when you save the file.

I tested that and you are correct if I use vim it does insert the final newline.

But I cant help it, I like joe and Im not ashamed to admit it!

[Floog]

Woohoo! Thanks for all your responses. I'm checking in while at work so I must be brief, but big thanks for your time and thought.

I will give these suggestions a try and see if I can make it work. It sounds like I'm very close, just a few fine points to clean up.

Best regards.

Mike