Re: CDs mount to volume name

[alan <alan clueserver org>]

On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Michal Jaegermann wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:13:09AM -0500, Jeff Spaleta wrote:
> > On 2/8/06, Charles Curley <charlescurley charlescurley com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Have the developers considered that this feature may break programs
> > > that routinely mount DVDs, such as Bacula?
> > 
> > Why the hell would an adminstrator rely on "desktop" automount
> > functionality for amanda virtual tapes?
> 
> Because if that administrator is using not only a command line, and
> is s/he does not want to turn off completely automounting of
> removable media, then s/he has a hard time trying to work around
> some "features".
> 
> Keep in mind that Linux machines more often then not are
> "multipurpose".

Or maybe the admin wants to back up his laptop.

The assumption that "every machine that uses software of type x must be a 
server" is no longer valid when you have desktop and/or laptop machines 
that can server both purposes without breaking a sweat.  (Like my x86_64 
AMD64 3700+ laptop.)

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