External hard drives in linux

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 09:53:52 -0800, M.R.P. zensky via ubuntu-users wrote:
>In Ubuntu Mate I type fdisk -l  and the external drive shows up as
>/dev/sdc  I understand that I create a mount point such as mount
>/dev/sdc1 /media/usb-drive. My question is that to use the external
>drive do I have to go to the directory of my  Mount point? To access
>the external hard drive? Will the external drive be visible on my
>desktop? Or in order to have the external drive be visible on my
>desktop do I need to set my mount point to the desktop.
>
>What is a suggested directory to mount an external drive?

Open the Mate file browser Caja. Caja does depend on GVFS, which
handles mounting the drive automatically. If Caja doesn't show a side
pane, push the F9 key. In the side pane Caja does show an icon assigned
to the external drive. I don't know if you need to click or double
click the icon, just test it. Caja will open a window with the path to
the drive.