2 May
2017
2 May
'17
2:07 p.m.
Hello:
I have openSUSE Leap 42.2 now. I installed KDE3 and it seems it works
OK.
One thing I don't understand: If I set KDE3 to show device icons on the
desktop
all my unmounted internal hard disk volumes are shown on the desktop as
removable devices represented by the "pendrive" icon. If I plugin a
pendrive
it's put on the desktop as well (correctly) with the same icon.
It seems the system doesn't distinguish between internal hard drive
volumes
and removable devices.
1. KDE3 or the base system is responsible?
2. How can I fix this? I want removable flash disks and external USB
hard disks
shown on the desktop but I don't want the many internal hard disk
partitions
there.
Thanks,
Istvan
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2 May
2 May
3:21 p.m.
On 2017-05-02 21:07, Istvan Gabor wrote:
2. How can I fix this? I want removable flash disks
and external USB hard disks
shown on the desktop but I don't want the many internal hard disk partitions
there.
One traditional trick is to enter those partitions in fstab, as
"noauto,nofail".
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Carlos E. R.
(from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)
3 May
3 May
5:16 a.m.
On Tue, 2 May 2017 22:21:12 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2017-05-02 21:07, Istvan Gabor wrote:
These partitions are parts of raid arrays. Indeed, the arrays which are
in
fstab are not shown on the desktop. BUt the parts of the arrays under
no
circumstances should be mounted (except with read-only mode on some
occasions
only). If I add these partitions to fstab, how would a complete line
look?
Can I omit the mount point from an fstab line? And if I removed a
hard disk with its partitions present in fstab, would not it prevent
boot of the system?
And the other questions: is it possible that the system doesn't
distinguish
between a SATA and a USB drive? How are these interpreted/recognized in
a
system without a graphical desktop?
Thanks,
Istvan
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2. How can I fix this? I want removable flash
disks and external USB
hard disks
shown on the desktop but I don't want the many internal hard disk
partitions
there.
One traditional trick is to enter those partitions in fstab, as
"noauto,nofail".
5:35 a.m.
On 2017-05-03 12:16, Istvan Gabor wrote:
On Tue, 2 May 2017 22:21:12 +0200, Carlos E. R.
wrote:
A component of an array? Huh. IMHO, it is a bug to display them as
mountable.
You could then try:
/device none none noauto,nofail 0 0
On 2017-05-02 21:07, Istvan Gabor wrote:
These partitions are parts of raid arrays. Indeed, the arrays which are in
fstab are not shown on the desktop. BUt the parts of the arrays under no
circumstances should be mounted (except with read-only mode on some
occasions
only). If I add these partitions to fstab, how would a complete line look?
Can I omit the mount point from an fstab line? And if I removed a
hard disk with its partitions present in fstab, would not it prevent
boot of the system? 2. How can I fix this? I want removable flash
disks and external USB
hard disks
shown on the desktop but I don't want the many internal hard disk
partitions
there.
One traditional trick is to enter those partitions in fstab, as
"noauto,nofail".
And the other questions: is it possible that the
system doesn't distinguish
between a SATA and a USB drive? How are these interpreted/recognized in a
system without a graphical desktop?
Maybe KDE3 can't.
Notice that both appear as /dev/sdXY, so you have to look elsewhere to
find what they are.
lsblk may show a difference in one of the fields, like "MODEL". I
thought "TYPE", but no. Ah! There is a "HOTPLUG" field, it is
"1" on sticks.
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Carlos E. R.
(from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)
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