Re: Icons on desktop

["Anthony E . Greene" <agreene pobox com>]

On Mon, 05 Feb 2001 13:39:29 P.Sidiropoulos wrote:
> I wonder how can I create icons on the desktop for cdrom or other mount
>points, like the
>one for the root filesystem. Any help much appreciated.

Create a link to the mount point:

  ln -s /mnt/cdrom ~/.gnome-desktop/cdrom

Then right-click on the desktop and select "Rescan Devices". If the mount
point is user mountable, then an icon should appear on your desktop.

Tony
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