Le 11/01/2017 � 15:29, Istvan Gabor a �crit : > Hello: > > TDE handles external USB hard drives the same as internal > non-USB (ie SATA) drives. After plugging in an external USB > hard drive it only places a device icon to the desktop if > device icons for unmounted/mounted hard disks are enabled. > I don't want to enable those icons because I have ~20 partitions > I don't want to put on the desktop as devices. Still I would > like to have removable USB hard disk icons on the desktop > similarly to flash disks. How can I do it? > > In my opinion removable hard disk should be distinguished > from internal non-removable drives in this context. > > Thanks, > > Istvan > Hello, I have the same problem with a particular USB hard disk, which is seen as a fixed hard disk instead of removable hard disk. This does not happen on another USB hard disk. I believe that this is related to the Linux kernel and/or the USB device itself. On a real fixed (SATA) hard disk: $ cat /sys/block/sda/removable 0 On a normally working USB hard disk: $ cat /sys/block/sdb/removable 1 On the USB hard disk that is seen as fixed hard disk: $ cat /sys/block/sdc/removable 0 If TDE is using this "removable" flag, which is sometimes incorrect, it may explain the issue. Fran�ois