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

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2014 at 09:31:05AM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> 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.
> 
... and it works perfectly!  Thank you.  :-)

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Chris Green