Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: automount/volume management | Date | 15 Sep 1998 07:03:11 GMT |
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Followup to: <199809150502.WAA20409@bitmover.com> By author: lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > : Just wondering about something: > : Does Linux have a kernel or user space function similar to Solaris's > : volume management (not just autofs)? I am looking for something that > : will automount a cd or scsi disk on insertion (not on access), and > : when you type "eject <device>" it will attempt to unmount and eject > : the media. > > Solaris's volume management is really, really annoying to many people. > It made it almost impossible to just stick a floppy in and tar to/from > it because the automounter had it locked. >
Either way, Linux has a similar package called "supermount". I think it hasn't been updated for 2.1 yet, though.
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