Three bugs about /etc/fstab

[alleluia20]

Hello,

I do not know where to report them, so I post them here. I see three bugs regarding /etc/fstab:

1) For CD/DVD units, the line of fstab created at the installation is something like

/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

so the DVDs with the new ISO system cannot be read. Why not set "auto" instead of "udf,iso9660" by default?

2) When you change the hardware, eg, add a new optical unit, fstab does not change. OK, HAL still mounts the CD, but it gives more issues.

3) Why not put "exec" by default? Sometimes you have to install something from the CD, and newbies can go crazy about it...

Thank you

[perlhacker14]

1) For CD/DVD units, the line of fstab created at the installation is something like

/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0

so the DVDs with the new ISO system cannot be read. Why not set "auto" instead of "udf,iso9660" by default?

Debian does not usually include newer features, seeking to make sure they are safe and secure before including them.

As to the others, I have no Idea, except Installation from CD can be achieved through adding a repository (ie the CD) in the /etc/apt/sources.list, and finding it in the repository.

[alleluia20]

Debian does not usually include newer features, seeking to make sure they are safe and secure before including them.

If I delete "udf,iso9660" and set "auto", the new DVDs are read without problems. So the kernel (I think it is the kernel) does provide this feature. I use sid and kernel 2.6.21, and the only thing preventing from reading those DVDs was fstab

As to the others, I have no Idea, except Installation from CD can be achieved through adding a repository (ie the CD) in the /etc/apt/sources.list, and finding it in the repository.

What about other software (eg, matlab that is ¡nstalled from 3 CDs)?

[perlhacker14]

If the cd is for Linux, and installation is an issue, mount the CD at a different address (as in cdrom2 or whatnot and install from there), or copy the contents to HDD and install from there (works with matlab, at least), if mount -a has no effect.
I remember my professor (uses Debian) going on about this two months ago when he was debating over Debian vs Windows- he told the other guy trying Debian to set fstab obtions for all devices as auto,dev,exec,rw,sync,suid,user and make his life alot easier, so he would stop complaining about matlab not installing - if it works (i no know), do tell me.

[lacek]

My opinion about the second point:

If the hardware changes, especially if you add a new unit, the operating system should do _nothing_ but handle the new hardware. I mean, if I plug another optical unit, it should be usable promptly, but no, the operating system should not try to figure out where I want to mount it.
I'll do this, I'll change the fstab it it is needed to do so. I don't like systems which are pretending intelligence and mind-reading capability by guessing what I want to do. :-)

[BioTube]

Why not just have it ask you?

"A new hard/CD/DVD/HD-DVD/Blu-Ray/Penguin drive was detected. Would you like to set a mount point?"