disable mounting of bogus CD device on Toshiba USB stick?

Hi,

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I got a Toshiba USB stick recently. It exposes two devices; a normal
writable USB mass storage device, and a faked USB optical drive. The
optical drive contains some windows apps for what seems to be a
management application for portable applications. Since I run only
Debian GNU/Linux on my laptop and have no use for the Windows app, I'd
like GNOME automount to ignore the fake optical drive that the USB stick
exposes. Does anyone know how to make GNOME not mount specific devices?

This is what lsusb tells me:

Bus 005 Device 005: ID 0930:6540 Toshiba Corp. TransMemory USB Flash Memory

This is what hwinfo tells me:

2: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_U3_System'
block.minor = 1 (0x1)
volume.label = 'U3 System'
volume.disc.has_data = true
volume.ignore = false
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_names = { 'Mount', 'Unmount', 'Eject' }
info.capabilities = { 'volume.disc', 'volume', 'block' }
volume.is_partition = false
volume.disc.is_blurayvideo = false
volume.mount_point = '/media/U3 System'
info.category = 'volume'
volume.disc.is_appendable = false
volume.is_disc = true
info.product = 'U3 System'
volume.disc.is_videodvd = false
volume.is_mounted = true
block.is_volume = true
volume.linux.is_device_mapper = false
volume.disc.is_svcd = false
block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_TOSHIBA_TransMemory_0F31587051213B48_0_1'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_TOSHIBA_TransMemory_0F31587051213B48_0_1'
volume.disc.has_audio = false
volume.block_size = 2048 (0x800)
volume.num_blocks = 33852 (0x843c)
volume.fsversion = 'Joliet Extension'
block.device = '/dev/scd1'
volume.uuid = ''
volume.disc.is_rewritable = false
volume.fsusage = 'filesystem'
volume.is_mounted_read_only = true
volume.disc.is_blank = false
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_argnames = { 'mount_point fstype extra_options', 'extra_options', 'extra_options' }
info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume' }
storage.model = ''
volume.size = 17332224ull (0x1087800ull)
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_label_U3_System'
volume.mount.valid_options = { 'ro', 'sync', 'dirsync', 'noatime', 'nodiratime', 'noexec', 'quiet', 'remount', 'exec', 'utf8', 'uid=', 'mode=', 'iocharset=' }
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_signatures = { 'ssas', 'as', 'as' }
block.major = 11 (0xb)
volume.disc.is_vcd = false
volume.fstype = 'iso9660'
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Volume.method_execpaths = { 'hal-storage-mount', 'hal-storage-unmount', 'hal-storage-eject' }
volume.unmount.valid_options = { 'lazy' }
volume.disc.type = 'unknown'
linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3)
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/sr1/fakevolume'

3: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_TOSHIBA_TransMemory_0F31587051213B48_0_1'
block.minor = 1 (0x1)
storage.requires_eject = true
info.capabilities = { 'storage', 'block', 'storage.cdrom' }
storage.bus = 'usb'
storage.cdrom.support_media_changed = true
storage.cdrom.support_multisession = true
storage.removable.media_available = true
storage.cdrom.hddvdr = false
storage.cdrom.mrw_w = true
info.category = 'storage'
info.product = 'TransMemory'
storage.drive_type = 'cdrom'
storage.hotpluggable = true
storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_930_6540_0F31587051213B48_2_if0'
storage.cdrom.mrw = true
storage.vendor = 'TOSHIBA'
storage.media_check_enabled = true
storage.cdrom.read_speed = 7040 (0x1b80)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_names = { 'Eject', 'CloseTray' }
storage.cdrom.dvd = false
storage.removable.media_size = 17332224ull (0x1087800ull)
block.is_volume = false
storage.firmware_version = '6.50'
storage.cdrom.bdre = false
storage.cdrom.mo = false
block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_TOSHIBA_TransMemory_0F31587051213B48_0_1'
info.addons = { 'hald-addon-storage' }
storage.serial = 'TOSHIBA_TransMemory_0F31587051213B48-0:1'
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_930_6540_0F31587051213B48_2_if0_scsi_host_scsi_device_lun1'
storage.cdrom.dvdplusr = false
storage.size = 0ull (0x0ull)
storage.cdrom.write_speed = 0 (0x0)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_signatures = { 'as', 'as' }
block.device = '/dev/scd1'
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_argnames = { 'extra_options', 'extra_options' }
storage.cdrom.cdr = true
storage.no_partitions_hint = true
storage.cdrom.bdr = false
storage.removable = true
storage.lun = 1 (0x1)
info.vendor = 'TOSHIBA'
storage.cdrom.dvdram = false
storage.cdrom.dvdplusrwdl = false
storage.cdrom.write_speeds = { }
storage.cdrom.dvdr = false
info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage', 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage' }
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_execpaths = { 'hal-storage-eject', 'hal-storage-closetray' }
storage.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_930_6540_0F31587051213B48_2_if0'
storage.model = 'TransMemory'
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_serial_TOSHIBA_TransMemory_0F31587051213B48_0_1'
storage.cdrom.dvdplusrdl = false
storage.cdrom.bd = false
storage.cdrom.hddvdrw = false
block.major = 11 (0xb)
storage.removable.support_async_notification = false
linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3)
storage.cdrom.cdrw = false
storage.cdrom.dvdplusrw = false
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/sr1'
storage.cdrom.dvdrw = false
storage.automount_enabled_hint = true
storage.cdrom.hddvd = false

PS: If anyone from Toshiba is reading, I'd love to be able alter the
stick so that it doesn't expose this bogus USB optical drive, so send me
some specs please :)

--
bye,
pabs

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