Comment 3 for bug 14879

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Martin Pitt (pitti) wrote :

(In reply to comment #2)
> Is there any reason why it's listed in /etc/fstab then since HAL is going to
> manage it? Seems like the less dynamic info in fstab the better (and pmount
> would then manage the creation of mount points).

This is mainly for historical reasons. However, one advantage of having the
drives in /etc/fstab is that you see icons for the CD-ROMs even if there is no
CD in the drive, so I guess we should keep it that way.