Hide a partition from GNOME (not show up on desktop)

moljac024 · 2008-03-23 00:41:57

Hi, I just want to hide my /data partition from the GNOME desktop. It's showing up as a volume, the same as removable devices. So if I disable show_volumes in Gconf-editor it would also hide those, which is something I don't want. Here is my fstab:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information
#
# <file system>        <dir>         <type>    <options>          <dump> <pass>
none                   /dev/pts      devpts    defaults             0      0
none                   /dev/shm      tmpfs     defaults             0      0

#/dev/cdrom             /media/cd   auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
#/dev/dvd               /media/dvd  auto    ro,user,noauto,unhide   0      0
#/dev/fd0               /media/fl   auto    user,noauto             0      0

/dev/sda1                 swap         swap     defaults                 0      0
/dev/sda3                 /data         ext3     defaults                 0      1
/dev/sda5                 /boot         ext3     defaults                 0      1
/dev/sda6                 /             ext3     defaults                 0      1
/dev/sda7                 /var         ext3     defaults                 0      1
/dev/sda8                 /tmp         ext3     defaults                 0      1
/dev/sda9                 /home         ext3     defaults                 0      1

Should I just add the noauto option to the /data entry?

Thanks!

dyscoria · 2008-03-23 00:46:03

noauto will mean that it won't auto mount at boot, and when you do mount it there will be an icon on your desktop.

It's a wild stab, but I think if you create a folder in /mnt and remount it there, that might solve it (so that it's more of a part of your root directory):

mkdir -p /mnt/recent

/dev/sda3   /mnt/data   ext3    default   0   1

praka123 · 2008-03-23 04:31:02

I think if u mount inside /media/anydir only Gnome shows the mounted icon in Desktop.so,why dont make a /disks directory with sub-dir for each partitions u mount.

moljac024 · 2008-03-23 10:47:04

Mounting in in /mnt/data seems like a good idea, however, I've always mounted a partition in /data while using other distros and GNOME didn't act this way. So there has to be something else.

Phrodo_00 · 2008-03-23 14:02:27

You have to hide it from hal, by puting a file in /etc/hal.d/polices or something like that... I posted the file that did it sometime before, I don't have it anymore though so you'd have to look for it in the forum.

moljac024 · 2008-03-23 17:52:05

I'm not at home right now, but I think the cleanest solution would be to mount my partition under /mnt/data and make a soft link to /data....

Thanks!

moljac024 · 2008-03-23 22:15:59

Mounting under /mnt makes no difference, partitions are still displayed. OMG it's so annoying.....

tehanomaly · 2008-03-23 22:30:56

Try giving the partition a unique label:

sudo tune2fs -L MYDISKSLABEL /dev/sda3

then create a '/etc/hal/fdi/policy/preferences.fdi' file and adding the following to it (changing the label as appropriate )

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<deviceinfo version="0.2">
    <device>
        <match key="volume.label" string="MYDISKSLABEL">
            <merge key="volume.ignore" type="bool">true</merge>
        </match>
    </device>
</deviceinfo>

This method is depreciated (I believe) but it may work...

EDIT: oh, and don't forget to restart HAL (/etc/rc.d/hal restart) after creating the file

Last edited by tehanomaly (2008-03-23 22:33:12)

moljac024 · 2008-03-24 00:09:37

Thanks, that works! So is that the only solution right now ? Maybe GNOME should add an option like this.....

praka123 · 2008-03-24 00:18:35

thanks @tehanomaly
this hal thing is pretty much tough to figure out(pattern!)

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#1 2008-03-23 00:41:57

Hide a partition from GNOME (not show up on desktop)

#2 2008-03-23 00:46:03

Re: Hide a partition from GNOME (not show up on desktop)

#3 2008-03-23 04:31:02

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#4 2008-03-23 10:47:04

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#5 2008-03-23 14:02:27

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#6 2008-03-23 17:52:05

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