Comparison of Automatic and Manual Mounting

Table 11-1 compares the steps involved in manual mounting (without Volume Management) and automatic mounting (with Volume Management).

Table 11-1 Comparison of Manual and Automatic Mounting


	Manual Mounting (Tasks required to work with media)		--Compared To--		Automatic Mounting
				(Tasks required to work with media)

Insert media.				Insert media.

Become superuser.				For diskettes, use the `volcheck` command.

Determine the location of the media device.		Volume Management automatically performs many of tasks previously required to manually mount and work with CDs and diskettes.

Create a mount point.

Make sure you are not in the mount point directory.

	Mount the device using the proper `mount` options.

Exit the superuser account.

Work with files on media.				Work with files on media.

Become superuser.

Unmount the media device.

Eject media.				Eject media.

Exit the superuser account.