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Old 03-09-2007, 08:52 AM   #1
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Drives mounted with ntfs-3g don't apear on the desktop and in File Browser


How can I make the drives mounted with ntfs-3g to apear in the file browser in the places tab and on the desktop as it happens with the other drives - floopy, usb flash memory,...

Although the drives are mounted and can be viewed through /mnt/C/ and /mnt/D/ they're not shown in file browser "computer:///" and in places tab
I want that fedora will recognize those drives as Drives and not as folders.
 
Old 03-10-2007, 06:21 AM   #2
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Sorry, this is the Windows way of thinking and not how things are under Linux all drives (hard, floppy, CD/DVD, external, USB and etc) and partitions appear as a single filesystem. The concept of 'partitions as drives' is an old odd concept which is confusing and only applies to Microsoft created and influenced Operating systems (DOS, Windows, OS/2 for example).

The term 'folder' is also a Windows term and not correct in any case, partitions are partitions, directories are directories and subdirectories are subdirectories.

Feel free to (maybe) edit the /etc/fstab file and add icons for the partitions to suit your desire. For example, I have KDE desktop icons for my Windows 2000 Professional "drives" added for personal preferences myself.
 
  


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