I see icons for non existent partitions on the desktop.
for example
~# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hda1 * 1 887 7124796 7
HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2 888 4733 30892995 f
W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda3 4734 4865 1060290 a5
FreeBSD
/dev/hda5 888 1779 7164958+ 83
Linux
/dev/hda6 1780 4080 18482751 b
W95 FAT32
/dev/hda7 4081 4667 4715046 83
Linux
/dev/hda8 4668 4733 530113+ 82
Linux swap
But the there are icons on the desktop for upto (hda12) .
These dont mount when clicked either.
srimal.