It's due to the pretty stange label on /dev/sda1: volume.label = 'BODY> </HT' (string)
I'll fix pmount-hal to replace slashes in the device label with another character (underscore, perhaps). In the meantime, you can change the label of the first partition (under Windows, perhaps, since there is unfortunately no tool in Linux to change the label of a FAT partition). ** Changed in: gnome-volume-manager (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: gnome-volume-manager => pmount Status: Needs Info => Confirmed ** Summary changed: - USB HDD FAT32 partition without label doesn't mount + pmount-hal: replace slashes in labels -- pmount-hal: replace slashes in labels https://launchpad.net/bugs/46536 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs