the ///computer folder shows icons named "xxmb Volume" for unmounted /boot partition, for which fstab entry is /dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults,noauto,noatime 1 2 (this icon disappears if I remove the 'noauto' option) and a similar one for a ntfs-formatted partition which has NO fstab entry. both of them are not user-mountable ( "you are not privileged to mount this volume" pops out if I click on them). non hal-related issue as i managed to write policy entries that set the "volume.ignore" property to true
Which software is this an issue with? nautilus? if so, which version, and is this still an issue?
while there is a property in gconf under /system/storage/display_internal_hard_drives and it used to work, it has not been respected for a good while. There is probably a good reason to this, but you'd better ask upstream.
closing wontfix because nautilus-2.22 does things differently now and the new way as it's own problems as usual (bug 214260) but there is about 0 chance we get to fix earlier versions.