On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 10:14 PM, Clyde E. Kunkel <clydekunkel7734@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Jerry Williams wrote: >> >> When I login as root with the GUI my NTFS file systems get mounted. >> >> <snip> >> >> And I don't want them all mounted either. >> > I found the following resolved the problem for me (from an oldish thread): > >> maybe related to this >> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2008-May/msg00935.html >> >> IIRC (?) >> >> >> Old stuff: >> >> Fedora 7 has a file called >> >> /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/99-redhat-storage-policy-fixed-drives.fdi >> to prevent this from happening, here's its contents: >> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- -*- SGML -*- --> >> >> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> >> <device> >> <match key="@block.storage_device:storage.hotpluggable" bool="false"> >> <match key="@block.storage_device:storage.removable" bool="false"> >> <merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">true</merge> >> </match> >> </match> >> </device> >> </deviceinfo> >> >> If that file is no longer there in Fedora 8, try adding it and see if >> that helps. >> >> >> HTH >> >> -- Ronald Warsow <rwarsow@xxxxxx> > > > --------------------------------- > Regards, > > Old Fart I believe HAL does not try to mount partitions/devices that are in /etc/fstab, so I added an entry for the partition to /etc/fstab with "noauto". For example, I have the following line in mine: /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows ntfs-3g rw,noauto 0 0 tom -- Tom London -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
