On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:59 PM, William L. Maltby <CentOS4Bill at triad.rr.com> wrote: > You mean regardless of if desktop is started up? In that case, it sounds > like System->Preferences->Removable Drives and Media settings need > changing to *not* mount when hot-plugged. > At the risk of repeating myself: this is a fixed hard drive; it is NOT a removable drive nor a removable media drive. That is why this issue is so puzzling to me.... mhr