[ale] External USB drive is detected as /dev/sda and /dev/sda1

[Jim Popovitch]

On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 08:59 -0400, Chris Paquin wrote:
> Here you go.
> 
> [root at jupiter ~]# cat /proc/partitions
> major minor  #blocks  name
> 
>    3     0  160086528 hda
>    3     1     104391 hda1
>    3     2  157943047 hda2
>    3     3    2032222 hda3
>    3    64   29316672 hdb
>    3    65   29310561 hdb1
>    8     0   40146623 sda
>    8     1   40136008 sda1
> 
> Sounds like Justin is correct about the partitions. However my camera
> and jumpdrive do not behave in the same manner.

This get interesting.  I see no reason why sda and sda1 should both be
appearing on your desktop when only sda1 is mounted.  

Grasping for straws now.... Are you by chance exporting
(NFS) /media/disk to other users?

-Jim P.