On Tue, 2008-04-29 at 13:15 -0700, MHR wrote: > 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.... BTW. Determination of device type/class is contained within the HAL/udev data bases (script, configs, hardware lists, ...). If your device is not there, or is there erroneously identified, ISTM that it could cause the system to believe it was removable media. > > mhr > <snip sig stuff> -- Bill