Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-07-02 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 03/07/11 02:22, Hoang Le wrote: > Dear Camaleón and Scott, > > Thank you for your great support. Don't mention... really, don't ;-) *I* steered you up the wrong path - "don't worry about UUID" or words to that effect! Ouch! :-) Missed by any margin is still a miss! > It finally works, us

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-07-02 Thread Hoang Le
> I have used a plain USB flash key (fat32 formatted), edited "/etc/fstab" > and added: > > *** > UUID=12345-6789 /mnt    auto    defaults,noauto 0       0 > *** > > And after reboot, neither nautilus nor "mount" command showed up the > volume as mounted nor even as present. > > Once I run "mount -

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-07-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 02/07/11 03:29, Hoang Le wrote: >> There can be another possibility. How does you "/etc/fstab" file look >> like? If you manually add this two volumes at "/etc/fstab" they will >> be considered as static mount points and there you can choose "noauto" >> to avoid automatic mounting at boot (I hop

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-07-01 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:59:06 +, Camaleón wrote: > On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:29:58 +0700, Hoang Le wrote: > >>> There can be another possibility. How does you "/etc/fstab" file look >>> like? If you manually add this two volumes at "/etc/fstab" they will >>> be considered as static mount points a

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-07-01 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:29:58 +0700, Hoang Le wrote: >> There can be another possibility. How does you "/etc/fstab" file look >> like? If you manually add this two volumes at "/etc/fstab" they will be >> considered as static mount points and there you can choose "noauto" to >> avoid automatic mount

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-07-01 Thread Hoang Le
> There can be another possibility. How does you "/etc/fstab" file look > like? If you manually add this two volumes at "/etc/fstab" they will > be considered as static mount points and there you can choose "noauto" > to avoid automatic mounting at boot (I hope GNOME honors this setting). > > Greet

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-07-01 Thread Hoang Le
> > My mistake - I should have said - reboot instead of log out. > > Before trying special udev rules... re-enable (uncomment) those fstab > lines that refer to the sda1 and sda2. > No need to run "mount -a" afterwards. > Regrettably I can't remember which services need to be restarted - so > make

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-07-01 Thread Camaleón
On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 08:38:39 +0700, Hoang Le wrote: (please, avoid using html when posting ;-) ) >> Nautilus displays partitions that are mounted, either manually or by an >> automatic system (e.g., GNOME's volume manager, udisks, etc..). >> >> > I think Nautilus sidebar displays unmounted partit

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-07-01 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/06/11 22:43, Hoang Le wrote: > Firstly did you run:- > # mount -a > after creating the new fstab?? > > Secondly did you log out and log back in?? > > > Yes, I did both My mistake - I should have said - reboot instead of log out. Before trying special udev rules... re-ena

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-30 Thread Hoang Le
> > Nautilus displays partitions that are mounted, either manually or by an > automatic system (e.g., GNOME's volume manager, udisks, etc..). > I think Nautilus sidebar displays unmounted partitions as well, because I need to mount my Windows partitions ( by clicking on that partition and providin

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-30 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:28:03 +0700, Hoang Le wrote: > I would like to ask how to hide certain partitions in Nautilus because I > actually don't use them. Nautilus displays partitions that are mounted, either manually or by an automatic system (e.g., GNOME's volume manager, udisks, etc..). > My

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-30 Thread Hoang Le
> > Firstly did you run:- > # mount -a > after creating the new fstab?? > > Secondly did you log out and log back in?? > Yes, I did both > If the answer to both questions is yes - repost and I'll do my best to > and help you:- > restore the original fstab > creating a modified udev rule to hide

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-30 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/06/11 22:01, Hoang Le wrote: > > Dear Scott, > > It didn't work. I still can see those 2 partitions in Nautilus ( trying > to mount them requires root access, of course ) > Maybe they were made available before fstab is read by the system? I don't know... :-/ > > Thank you, > Hoang Fi

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-30 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/06/11 22:01, Hoang Le wrote: > > Dear Scott, > > It didn't work. I still can see those 2 partitions in Nautilus ( trying > to mount them requires root access, of course ) > Maybe they were made available before fstab is read by the system? I don't know... :-/ > > Thank you, > Hoang Fi

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-30 Thread Hoang Le
> > 1. Follow the instructions in the previous email and use the following > (everything between the === rows) to create a new fstab (don't forget to > back up the existing fstab) > > === > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > UUID=73b8

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-30 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/06/11 20:42, Hoang Le wrote: > Dear Hoang Le, > please don't top-post. It limits the number of emails I > can read. See:- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html#ss2.3 > > > Dear Scott, I'm sorry for the inconvenience No worries, and thanks. > > Yes, I

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-30 Thread Hoang Le
> > Dear Hoang Le, > please don't top-post. It limits the number of emails I > can read. See:- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html#ss2.3 > Dear Scott, I'm sorry for the inconvenience I don't have Nautilus to experiment with - and I'm speculating that you > are referring

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/06/11 14:36, Hoang Le wrote: > Dear Scott, > > > Best regards, > Hoang Le > Dear Hoang Le, please don't top-post. It limits the number of emails I can read. See:- http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html#ss2.3 I don't have Nautilus to experiment with - and I'm sp

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-29 Thread Hoang Le
Dear Scott, Either hiding or disabling these partitions are okay. My 2 partitions that I want to hide are /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda2 which are not declared in fstab file. Here is my fstab file # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier fo

Re: Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-29 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 30/06/11 13:28, Hoang Le wrote: > Dear all, > > I would like to ask how to hide certain partitions in Nautilus because I > actually don't use them. > > My Nautilus side bar displays partitions such as "System Reserved" or > "HP_TOOLS" which are never used. I tried some guides on the internet t

Squeeze: How to hide certain partitions in Nautilus

2011-06-29 Thread Hoang Le
Dear all, I would like to ask how to hide certain partitions in Nautilus because I actually don't use them. My Nautilus side bar displays partitions such as "System Reserved" or "HP_TOOLS" which are never used. I tried some guides on the internet to modify fstab but it didn't work. Thank you ver