Prevent SETUP partition/volume from mounting (macOS X)

gingerbeardman · 11-13-2017, 03:50 PM

The SETUP volume mounting annoys me for a couple of reasons:

1. calibre does not eject it
2. I do not want to use the setup files.

I found my own solution, on macOS X, to prevent the SETUP partition from mounting:

$ diskutil info /Volumes/SETUP

This gives us the UUID of the volume we are interested in, ready for the next part

$ sudo pico /etc/fstab

UUID=5B7F482A-CBB1-371D-9739-7823473EEA35 none msdos ro,noauto

To save the file press Control+X, then press Y, and then press Enter to confirm.

$ sudo automount -vc

This refreshes the automount settings.

Voila, no more SETUP mounting when you plug in the reader.

gingerbeardman · 11-21-2017, 03:56 PM

This also works for PRS-650, where the volume is called SETTING

gingerbeardman · 01-02-2018, 02:26 PM

And for the PRS-350, for volume called SETTING

Each device has a different UUID for that volume so you have to do it for each device.

gingerbeardman · 01-19-2018, 06:17 PM

And for the PRS-T1

11-13-2017, 03:50 PM	#1
gingerbeardman Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 1001024 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cornwall, UK Device: Various Sony Readers, Kobo Touch Edition, iPhone	Prevent SETUP partition/volume from mounting (macOS X) The SETUP volume mounting annoys me for a couple of reasons: 1. calibre does not eject it 2. I do not want to use the setup files. I found my own solution, on macOS X, to prevent the SETUP partition from mounting: $ diskutil info /Volumes/SETUP This gives us the UUID of the volume we are interested in, ready for the next part $ sudo pico /etc/fstab UUID=5B7F482A-CBB1-371D-9739-7823473EEA35 none msdos ro,noauto To save the file press Control+X, then press Y, and then press Enter to confirm. $ sudo automount -vc This refreshes the automount settings. Voila, no more SETUP mounting when you plug in the reader.

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11-21-2017, 03:56 PM	#2
gingerbeardman Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 1001024 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cornwall, UK Device: Various Sony Readers, Kobo Touch Edition, iPhone	This also works for PRS-650, where the volume is called SETTING

01-02-2018, 02:26 PM	#3
gingerbeardman Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 1001024 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cornwall, UK Device: Various Sony Readers, Kobo Touch Edition, iPhone	And for the PRS-350, for volume called SETTING Each device has a different UUID for that volume so you have to do it for each device.

01-19-2018, 06:17 PM	#4
gingerbeardman Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 1001024 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Cornwall, UK Device: Various Sony Readers, Kobo Touch Edition, iPhone	And for the PRS-T1

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