OS 10.4 - way to hide ext partitions?

kgeier82 · kgeier82 #1 (**permalink**)

12-06-2006, 04:02 PM

ok. hello everyone!

ive got a few questions to ask you "more enlightened" apple folk

ive got a macbook, and i have an external hd hooked to it via firewire. the 200gb ext is in 3 partitions.
-Basic boot(mac journaled, basic OSX only image to boot from)
-Storage(mac journaled)
-Windows Storage(fat32)

anywas, when i turn the drive on, it shows all three partitions on the osx desktop. here is my question. is there any way to make it so when i turn the ext hd on, the basic boot partition is hidden. basically i just really wanna see ONLY the osx storage partition on the desktop. i still want access in finder to the ext windows32 partition, but dont really want it on the desktop either.

?

novicew · novicew #2 (**permalink**)

12-06-2006, 04:42 PM

AFAIK it is not possible to hide individual HDD partitions easily. If you want to hide the removable partitions, go to Finder Preferences > General (Tab) and uncheck the CDs, DVDs and iPods option. They will still ba accessible through the Finder.

surfwax95 · surfwax95 #3 (**permalink**)

12-06-2006, 04:53 PM

You could make a simple AppleScript that would eject the unnecessary partitions with the click of a mouse.

kgeier82 · kgeier82 #4 (**permalink**)

12-06-2006, 05:02 PM

major bummer!

the eject option is really not an option. i still want to have access, just not a link on the desktop pretty much.

man!

novicew #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 04, 2006 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,385 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro \| iMac(2.1 G5) \| MacBook(2.16 C2D) \| MacMini (1.67 CD) \| iPhone 4 \| iPad (3rd Gen)	12-06-2006, 04:42 PM AFAIK it is not possible to hide individual HDD partitions easily. If you want to hide the removable partitions, go to Finder Preferences > General (Tab) and uncheck the CDs, DVDs and iPods option. They will still ba accessible through the Finder. finiteloops.com
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kgeier82 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 01, 2006 Posts: 1,495 Mac Specs: MBP 2.4/2GB/200HD/256 8600gt	12-06-2006, 05:02 PM major bummer! the eject option is really not an option. i still want to have access, just not a link on the desktop pretty much. man! 2.4ghz Unibody \| Hitachi 320GB 7200 \| 256MB 9600gt
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kgeier82 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Dec 01, 2006 Posts: 1,495 Mac Specs: MBP 2.4/2GB/200HD/256 8600gt	12-06-2006, 04:02 PM ok. hello everyone! ive got a few questions to ask you "more enlightened" apple folk ive got a macbook, and i have an external hd hooked to it via firewire. the 200gb ext is in 3 partitions. -Basic boot(mac journaled, basic OSX only image to boot from) -Storage(mac journaled) -Windows Storage(fat32) anywas, when i turn the drive on, it shows all three partitions on the osx desktop. here is my question. is there any way to make it so when i turn the ext hd on, the basic boot partition is hidden. basically i just really wanna see ONLY the osx storage partition on the desktop. i still want access in finder to the ext windows32 partition, but dont really want it on the desktop either. ?
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