[vox-tech] linux machine for grandma

[Ken Bloom]

On 2004.01.12 19:22, Dave Margolis wrote:
> [SNIP]
> Any other suggestions?  How about some kind of mechanism to auto-  
> mount
> drives?  I know some exist...  KDE provides a floppy and cdrom icon  
> that
> all you have to do is single-click on them, and they will mount, and
> open the root directory of that drive's current disk.  This requires
> adding 'user' or 'users' to the options for that device in fstab, and
> everything else is handled by KDE.  Ejecting requires a
> right-click-eject or right-click-unmount.  I think I can explain this  
> to
> my mother-in-law, but any easier suggestions are welcome.
> 
> Anything else to make this the easiest to use box possible?

Use the supermount patch to the kernel. I don't know where it is in
Slackware, though.

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