Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Sid Arth wrote: >> Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives? >> And what command can I use to just unmount one drive? >> >> > What do you mean by unnecessary? If you do not want to access files in > those drives, you can unmount them with: > > # umount /path/to/mount/point > > That will unmount just one drive. You can issue the command: > > # umount -a > > to attempt to unmount *all* the drives. Note that the root filesystem > cannot be unmounted. > > If you don't want a particular drive to be mounted at the next reboot, > edit the file '/etc/fstab' and comment out the corresponding lines. > > If you are just looking for a way to suppress all the drive icons on > your desktop (assuming you are using gnome) issue the command: > > $ gconftool -s /apps/nautilus/desktop/volumes_visible -t bool false > > hth, > Rajkiran > Thanks, I didnt want to unmount my filesystem, but its good to know that it cant be unmounted.
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