On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 6:19 AM, luis jure <[email protected]> wrote: > > hello list, > > i purchased recently an external usb disk (HP SimpleSave, 1.5 TB). > > i re-formatted it with an ext4 file system, but i can't get rid of the > "virtual cd" created by the manufacturer with some backup software.
I don't think it is possible to remove it. Disks with this kind of "helpful" stuff are annoying because of violating corporate policies, being seen as non-hdd by some devices that accept external hard drives (like a dvr, media center etc). A quick googling basically said that people who don't like it sold it and bought a different brand... I think Neil's on the right track, you can make a udev rule to hide/disable/eject to it... I do not remember if udev has a blacklist functionality or not. maybe?
