[opensuse] Hard disk volumes and removable flash disks
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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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". -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)
On Tue, 2 May 2017 22:21:12 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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".
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 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2017-05-03 12:16, Istvan Gabor wrote:
On Tue, 2 May 2017 22:21:12 +0200, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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".
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?
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
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. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)
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