Is there any way to remove drive icons from the desktop?

[Chris Green]

On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 02:32:52PM -0700, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Dec 2014 20:58:52 +0000
> Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 08:25:39PM +0100, jEsuSdA 8) wrote:
> >> El 04/12/14 a las 19:16, Chris Green escribió:
> >> >As per the subject, I have a drive icon for an NTFS drive which
> >> >appears on my desktop that I would really prefer wasn't there.  Is
> >> >there any way to hide it?
> >> >
> >> 
> >> Desktop preferences > Icons
> >> 
> >> Disable all you need in "Default Icons" ;)
> >> 
> >That's too non-specific.  All you can do is remove the icon for
> >'Removable Devices' which will prevent me from seeing any drive icon.
> >I want to see USB drives and such when I plug them in, I just don't
> >want to see this specific icon (which isn't for a removable drive
> >really anyway).
> >
> >
> 
> As I recall, adding the drive to /etc/fstab to be mounted at boot
> removed it from the desktop. 
> 
That's probably what I need to do, thanks.  I do sort of want it
mounted anyway.

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Chris Green