Getting a hard drive icon off the desktop

[Filipe Bonjour]

Hi,

> On my desktop is an icon for my second hard drive, called "hda1", 
> sitting in the top left corner. I don't want it there. It's a 
> permanent hard drive, which I can access by going to Places | Hda1, 
> which is good enough for me.
Try this... Run "gconf-editor" and go to apps -> nautilus -> desktop. 
See if un-checking any of the checked options solves it. Not sure if it 
actually works, but I guess worth a try.

Filipe