External hard drives in linux

[M.R.P. zensky]

My external drive shows it’s contents in caja but I can’t do things like create a folder. It seems like a permission issue but I don’t know how to change it.

> On Feb 5, 2022, at 10:04 AM, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> 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.
> 
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