Hi Bob! :-)

 BB> Point is why should you have to 'edit a file' to mount things?  I 
 BB> suppose there's good reasons for it, but it sure is awkward. 
One of the reasons is security. The admin can configure what devices can be
mounted by ordinary users, and with what options. The admin can also
configure which devices should be mounted when the system boots up - in a
dual boot configuration, you can arrange for the Windows partitions to be
always mounted under Linux.

Basically, configuring this is a "once and forever" thing. You
don't generally need to change it once it is done. The only situations are
if you repartiton a drive or get a new piece of drive hardware.

Ciao
Pascal

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