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

[Chris Paquin]

I am starting to think that my issues have more to do with how the disk
is partitioned than anything. Since I am planning to use this disk for
backing up pictures from a windows box as well. I am thinking that I
should blow away all partitions and repartition and see how it goes.





On Mon, 2006-10-02 at 15:31 -0400, Calvin Harrigan wrote:
> Jim Popovitch wrote:
> > 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.
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> Odds are that hotplug is scanning the device when it is plugged.  Then 
> dynamically creating devices and associated links onto the desktop.  If 
> I remember correctly, this is also the way knoppix used to behave.  The 
> script hotplug uses should be suspect.  Sorry I'm short on details, just 
> an idea.
> 
> Calvin...
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