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As the title said I want to mount my optical drive permanently.... When I insert any cd/dvd then it mount and shows up....but what I want it shows always when ...
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    Want to Mount CD/DVD drive permanently

    As the title said I want to mount my optical drive permanently....
    When I insert any cd/dvd then it mount and shows up....but what I want it shows always when there is no media present in the drive.....like Ubuntu distro.

    Here is my /etc/fstab .

    /dev/sda10 / ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 1
    /dev/sda11 /home/3gbspace ext3 acl,user_xattr 1 2
    /dev/sda1 /media/sda1 ntfs users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
    /dev/sda5 /media/sda5 ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0
    0
    /dev/sda6 /media/sda6 ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0
    0
    /dev/sda8 /media/sda8 vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
    /dev/sda9 /media/sda9 vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
    /dev/sda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
    proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
    sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
    debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto 0 0
    usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
    devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
    /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0
    I have two Optical Drive in my system i,e DVD-Rom which is hda & DVD-Writer which is hdb.
    So experts, please tell me what is command and the line which I shall insert in the fstab to get my work done.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dissel
    As the title said I want to mount my optical drive permanently....
    When I insert any cd/dvd then it mount and shows up....but what I want it shows always when there is no media present in the drive.....like Ubuntu distro.

    Here is my /etc/fstab .



    I have two Optical Drive in my system i,e DVD-Rom which is hda & DVD-Writer which is hdb.
    So experts, please tell me what is command and the line which I shall insert in the fstab to get my work done.

    You can't have a "mounted" CD if there is no CD inserted!!!

    You can have a icon for an unmounted CD that is in the drive.

    Assuming KDE go to Personal Settings - Desktop - Behavior - Device Icons
    Then be sure all the boxes you want are checked.

    Note this does not show an icon at all if no CD/DVD is present in the drive.

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