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Author: Jim via PLUG-discuss
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To: plug-discuss
CC: Jim
Subject: Re: internal drive shows up as removable. Removable usb stick doesn't show at all
The bios has nothing to specify whether a drive is internal or
external.  Is there some way for me to tell the system that it's an
internal drive?

On 4/3/24 12:50, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Check bios, some have a removable hardware flag that you can set to
> allow them to be hot swap. Sata, SAS and U.2 NVME drives support this
> at a hardware level natively so the bio may just need to have a
> setting updated.
>
> On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 7:28 PM Jim via PLUG-discuss
> <> wrote:
>
>     Os = Kubuntu 22.04

>
>     I have a problem with the two partitions on /dev/sdd showing up in
>     Gnome
>     Disk Utility and in Disks & Devices in the Kubuntu system tray as
>     removable.  The real removable drive, a USB stick doesn't show at
>     all.
>     Somehow I got Gnome Disk Utility to show all disk, including the
>     USB stick.

>
>     In /sys/block/sdd there's a file named removable.  In it is just a
>     number 1.  The other internal drives have a 0 in the removable file.

>
>
>     Does anyone have an idea how I can fix this?

>
>
>     Thanks.

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