Hi David! :-)

 PS>> Yes, because it's not mounted. This also means Knoppix doesn't run an 
 PS>> automounter, because then it would have been mounted as you clicked 
 PS>> on it.
 DD> That's interesting. The Knoppix CD I tried automounted drives when I 
 DD> clicked on the desktop icon (as the default user).
Sure, but that's not automounting (at least not via daemon). Note that the
original poster didn't get any desktop items for his CD-ROM and the icon
for his floppy drive gave an error message.

Ciao
Pascal

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