Suggestion to add to HAL FAQ

Joerg Wunsch joerg at freebsd.org
Sat May 14 18:37:30 UTC 2011


As Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:

> I mention this in the HAL FAQ in question 3 (How do I mount media using
> HAL):

> NOTE: Volumes that you wish to manage using hal should NOT be listed in
> /etc/fstab. This is especially true for CD devices and floppy disk devices.

Sheesh, I missed that one. :-/

> What if I extend this note to mention the error you might see if the
> fstab entry is still present?

Yes, that would certainly make sense because I hope it's easier to
spot if you start with just the error message.

Thanks!
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