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I have 12.04 installed and have a 5 GB partition for swap. I want to stop this drive from appearing in the Devices list in Nautilus.

sanjay@sanjay-pc:~$ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for sanjay: 

Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders, total 976773168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x6381b89c

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *          63    83891429    41945683+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda2        83891491   976771071   446439790+   f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5        83891493   167782859    41945683+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition 5 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda6       167782923   503332514   167774796    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition 6 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda7       503332578   587223944    41945683+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition 7 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda8       587224008   671115374    41945683+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda9       671115438   755006804    41945683+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition 9 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda10      755006868   838898234    41945683+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition 10 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda11      838898298   922789664    41945683+   7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
Partition 11 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda12      922789728   958437899    17824086   83  Linux
/dev/sda13      958439424   968560639     5060608   83  Linux
/dev/sda14      968562688   976771071     4104192   82  Linux swap / Solaris
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Mark the swap partition as only swap and make it a primary partition (not a logical partition). It must be the same size as your RAM, but there is no need to create as large as 5 GB. I am using a 2 GB swap partition and maximum 556 MB of its space ends up being used.

Eliah Kagan
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