So. Here is what I did...
First I tried to create a rule matching what Martin suggested in comment #2. I
added a rule to/lib/udev/rules.d/95-devkit-disks.rules. It looked like this:
ENV{ID_FS_TYPE}=="WD_SmartWare", ENV{DKD_PARTITION_SCHEME}=="apm",
ENV{DKD_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"
This rule for some reason did not match/work. After restarting udev (is
this even necessary?) and plugging in the drive, that rule was ignored
and the SmartWare partition mounted as a CD.
Based on the autogenerated entry in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-cd.rules
when the drive is detected, I tried adding this rule to the
/lib/udev/rules.d/95-devkit-disks.rules file:
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ENV{ID_CDROM}=="?*", ENV{ID_SERIAL}=="WD_Virtual_CD*",
ENV{DKD_PRESENTATION_HIDE}="1"
This worked fine, and the drive is hidden. Is this an appropriate and
sufficiently generic rule in that it will work across other people's
systems? Notice the * expression when specifying ID_SERIAL.
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DeviceKit should ignore SmartWare partitions when using Western Digital
external drives
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/474790
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