are you in the group plugdev ??
On 6/29/08, Ricardo Bevilacqua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 2008/6/28 Norman Hakim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Eduardo, > > > > I have checked the content of fstab and this is the result: > > > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > > /dev/hda2 none swap s w 0 0 > > /dev/hda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1 > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > > > > Honestly, at first when i installed gentoo,i just installed it by using > the handbook and i thought it will be no problem. Actually this is my first > time using Linux and i never have any experience using it before. > > > > Regards, > > Norman > > > Norman, > > I am glad to know that you have chosen Gentoo as your first contact > with GNU/Linux. First of all, congratulations! having a working Gentoo > system without any previous Linux knowledge is a terrific start! > > I assumed that you knew what fstab is and how to modify that file > because it is explained in the Gentoo Handbook, which is the reference > to install this distribution. > > As explained in the Gentoo Handbook chapter 8 [1], you manually > created a text file under "/etc" called "fstab". This simple text file > contains all the necessary information to, let's say "auto-mount" your > different devices. > > This is my fstab, I post it here as an example: > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > /dev/hdc1 /boot > ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2 > /dev/hdc3 / > reiserfs noatime 0 1 > /dev/hdc2 > none swap sw > 0 > 0 > /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user > 0 > 0 > /dev/floppy/fd0 /mnt/floppy > auto noauto,rw,user 0 0 > /dev/hda1 > /mnt/RIC vfat defaults,noatime,user > 0 0 > /dev/hdb2 /mnt/ZERO > vfat defaults,noatime,user 0 0 > /dev/sda1 > /mnt/USB auto noauto,rw,user > > # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! > proc /proc > proc defaults 0 0 > > # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for > # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). > # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will > # use almost no memory if not populated with files) > shm > /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec > 0 > 0 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Usually, adding this > > "/dev/cdrom > /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,ro,user 0 0" > > should be enough to have your cd-rom/cd-rw/dvd working =). > > If that does not work, then let us know and see if we can figure out > something else. If it does work, then great! go on enjoying Gentoo > Linux. > > You learn a lot using Gentoo. Is the only distribution that gave m the > chance to learn a lot about Linux. It is very stable and flexible, you > always have control over your own system, that is very important. > > Regards, > > Ricardo. > (Richard) > > > [1] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=8 > > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Cristian Gonzalo Gary Bufadel
