Supermount is a pseudo-file-system which manages file-systems on removable media like floppy disks and CD-ROMs. It frees you from the need to manually mount and unmount media.

With Supermount, you can change the disk in the drive whenever you want (with the obvious exception that you shouldn’t do it when the file-system is actively in use). You don’t need to “cd” out of the directory first, and you don’t need to tell the kernel what you’re doing – Supermount will detect the media change automatically.

Supermount will automatically detect whether the media you are mounting is read-write or read-only, and if you mount a write-protected disk, then the subfs will be mounted as a read-only file-system.

Supermount detects when you have finished activity on the subfs, and will flush all buffers to the disk before completing the operation. So, if you copy a file onto a Supermounted floppy disk, the data will all be written to disk before the “cp” command finishes. When the command does complete, it will be safe to remove the disk.

Found via: random($foo)

Related posts:

Check Disk Space in Linux
Linux Running Out of Space?
Showing actual write speed in Nero
Linux CD/DVD Recording
Retro floppy disc notebook

Hope you like that post!

Forever Geek is a resource for all things geek. You can stay tuned by having the latest FG news delivered to you for free via RSS.