Suggestion to add to HAL FAQ

Joe Marcus Clarke marcus at freebsd.org
Sat May 14 18:45:58 UTC 2011


On 5/14/11 2:37 PM, Joerg Wunsch wrote:
> 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!

Done.

Joe

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