Show real unix filesystem in finder?

Is there a way I can get finder to actually view the real unix file system and not this drive-based file system?
I have drives and partitions mounted to non standard places and i thought that this would prevent them from showing in the finder but I guess not since they still show up.
I believe that when something is automatically mounted under /Volumes they should show up in the finder and desktop, but if not they shouldn't.

sybersnake
Boot into single user mode. Skip the GUI altogether
Regards
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