Windows partition desktop icon disappearing

[Vincent Trouilliez]

> > > In this thread on the forums someone suggested a solution:
> > > http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=21508
> > 
> > removing the leading '/' ? Strange, tried it anyway, doesn't work.
> > Well nevermind...
> > 
> > --
> > Vince
> > 
> > 
> 
> I have the exact same problem as Vincent. None of the solutions
> described here or on the thread above have worked for me either.

I finally got it working. You have to mount your partition under /media,
not under /mnt . Or maybe leave them under /mnt but create symlinks
under /media. Looks like if you want any device/partition to appear in
the "Computer" location or the desktop, you have to put in /media. /mnt
won't work.

HTH

--
Vince