supermount

[jido]

How do I enable supermount in the kernel?

In /etc/fstab I have:

[donjuan]

Which kernel are you using? Gentoo kernels after 2.6.7 don't support supermount. If you're using the later ones you'll have to look into Ivman for automount. To get that to work I think all you need to do is disable the /dev filesystem in the kernel and emerge ivman. List the necessary dependencies as ~x86 in your package.keywords directory. Also return your fstab to normal.
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[jido]

I am using a 2.6.8 gentoo kernel, right.

Not sure I am following....
So I should disable /dev in the kernel? I will still have devices in /dev, won't I?

Should I use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS=~x86 while emerging ivman? Or do I need to edit a packages.keyword file somewhere? Where is it and how to use it?

Lastly, when you say "return your fstab to normal" do you mean removing supermount from the cdrom line? Or is there another change to make?

Sorry for all the questions, I am still a beginner.
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[donjuan]

Setup fstab as you would have it normally, as described in the handbook, so yeah, bascially removing supermount from the cdrom line.

You do need to disable /dev in the kernel so you can use udev, and udev will list devices in /dev, so you will still have devices in there.

You should never use ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" on the command line, only use it in make.conf. Search the forums for more info on this if you would like to find out why. So unless you have that set in make.conf you will need to edit package.keywords file because ivman is marked ~x86. For more info on how to use the package.keywords file see the section on Mixing Software Branges in the Gentoo Handbook.
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