External hard drives in linux

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 5 Feb 2022 19:04:32 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>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.

It should read, that the path to the drive is opened in Caja's main
window.