Re: gparted -- Turn Off Automount of USB Device
> > every time I create a new partition the system mounts the partition
> > immediately, and then gparted complains that it can't create the
> > filesystem because the partition is mounted.
>
> probably some nautilus configuration, if you use GNOME
I used gnome-volume-properties to turn off all the auto-mounting options
I saw, but the problem persists. I"ll keep looking for other options.
> how does it manage to mount a partition without a filesystem?
This disk has a filesystem on it that I want to get rid of. I run
gparted, delete the partition, and apply the changes. All looks good. I
even exit out of gparted and then go back in, and the disk has no
partition. I then create a partition, and when I apply this change the
system automatically mounts the partition, and the old filesystem is
back, contents and all.
Is there some other way to properly erase the disk so I can start from
scratch and lay down a new filesystem?
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