How can I prevent OSS updating an external drive?

[XIII]

I use an eSATA external drive for backup purposes (works fine, except for the speed issue I suffer from). If I connect it to my PC before booting, OSS detects it as a new drive and writes data (OSS directories) to all partitions on it (making the backup on that disc less valid). Furthermore, it doubles all OSS startup entries on the internal drive (once for internal partions, once for external ones). I'd like OSS to completely ignore that external drive.

How can I achieve that?

[MudCrab]

In my opinion, one of the biggest problems with OSS is how it handles external drives, especially bootable drives.

I don't think there is a way to get OSS to ignore the drive aside from never connecting it when OSS could see it (which would be next to impossible).

When you say it doubles all OSS startup entries, do you mean that it is duplicating your OS menu selection list? I don't think I've seen that before.

[XIII]

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Yes.

Since the external drive is a clone of the internal drive, it sees the DOS, Windows (XP/7) and Linux partitions (that are copied from the internal drive) on the external drive as well, "thinks" those are new, and adds them to the OS menu selection list.

[MudCrab]

Okay. If you want to use OSS in that scenario, the best option is probably to let it detect them and then hide the OS menu entries from the external drive. By doing that, OSS shouldn't display them and it shouldn't redetect them every time you boot with the drive connected.

I don't have OSS up right now, but I think you just right-click on the OS menu entry and select the Hide option.