media:/ shows unnecessary media

[Giuseppe Bilotta]

On Thu, 26 May 2005 08:19:06 +0300, Kari Pihkala wrote:

> 1. It doesn't look like it is possible to remove partitions from the
> media list (e.g. swap partitions).
> 2. Sadly, figuring out the drive letter for Windows partitions is not
> that simple. For instance, I have C, D, and F (E is the CD-ROM). So,
> perhaps it should simply show Windows 1, Windows 2,... so that it
> wouldn't confuse people.
> 
> The list is automatically persistent over bootups. It could check that
> if a media doesn't yet have a user label, then it would assign one. If
> the media has a user label, then don't overwrite it. That way, the
> user could also rename them.
> 
> CD-ROMs seems to be fine - they display the CD label. Actually,
> harddisk partitions also have a label - is it useful?
> 
> So, my machine would look like (unknown is some logical partition
> created by windows):
> Floppy Drive
> Linux A2 (32M Media)
> Linux A5 (8.4G Media)
> Swap (542M Media)
> Unknown (1.0K Media)
> Windows 1 (4.2G Media)
> Windows 7 (17G Media)
> Windows 8 (9.7G Media)

Hello, I'm not sure this is the right thread to pipe in, so feel free
to tell me to go blabber in a more appropriate place :) But it seems
pretty much pertinent

I've just recently downloaded, burned and tried out the Kubuntu DVD. I
chose to opt for the DVD because it has both an install and a live
options; I haven't installed it yet, but I did do a testdrive of the
live system yesterday, since I want to pass it over to my father too,
to let him test Linux without mangling with his system.

I was negatively struck by the fact that the Live distribution not
only didn't mount my Windows partitions (I have three of them, an NTFS
one and two FAT32), but it also required su-done hand-editing of
fstab. This was a no-brainer for me, but it would be uncomfrotable for
my father.

Basically, my complaint is that the media:// protocol by KDE doesn't
seem to be powerful enough. OTOH, I couldn't find documentation about
it either, so ...

One thing that would be useful to see in the live Kubuntu is the
possibility to at least mount the local hard disks, if not
automagically with as less user intervention as necessary.

I was thinking about something like dragging the media to a mount
point to mount it: this wouldn't even require fstab manipulation ...

-- 
Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta

"I weep for our generation" -- Charlie Brown