<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Maybe this is it . I need a static name for the device so root can mount it prior to starting the backup (its the backup device) . So I had a udev rule with a 'NAME=FireDrive2' entry . What I really wanted was a 'SYMLINK=FireDrive2' entry . After HUP'ing idev and re-attaching the device I now only have one icon (for sdb1) and root can mount using /dev/FireDrive2 . Rex Dieter wrote: <blockquote cite="midefe416$pnp$3@sea.gmane.org" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">John Minson wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">why do I get 2 desktop icons for my firewire harddrive ? </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Does it have 2 partitions? (: -- Rex </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>