>From a curious newbie...
There are a few other Unix platforms where mounting and unmounting CD's
is automatic. Is there an automated CD mounting procedure I don't know
about for DU? -- and if not, >>> Why not???
Security? Proprietary processes? Lame DEC design?
Thanks,
Ed Notari
notarie_at_hlnt.redcross.org
The REPLY from DEC; (alan_at_nabeth.cxo.dec.com)
Two reasons that I can think of:
1. Flexability. Mounting a CDROM file system needs a few
bits of information:
o Device where the file system is
o Mount point where you want the file
system to show up.
o Options depending on the file system type.
From what little I've seen Sun assumes that there is
only a single CDROM and they create a special device
file/link pointing to that device; /dev/cdrom. To
automatically mount it, you'd also have to assume a
standard place. And finally, you'd need to make some
assumptions about what options are desirable.
We don't assume any standard place for the CDROM, support
two types of file systems on CDROM and actively use both,
and let you pick where to mount it. If you want automatic
put an entry /etc/fstab.
2. As perceived by engineers and product managers, there are
"more important things to do". There's bound to be more
that needs to be done than engineers. When this happens
you have to pick the work with the most value.
Received on Mon Jul 06 1998 - 15:22:58 NZST