I have very little experience with linux, so maybe this is a dumb question :)

I run Ubuntu 24.04 on a machine, and I had an old HDD in a usb-case which I mounted using fstab. Worked fine, but I decided it wasn't appropriate for my purpose and removed it (physically and from fstab).

But it still shows up in the file manager? What am I missing?

  • Onno (VK6FLAB)@lemmy.radio
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    4 months ago

    Make sure that it's the one you think it is.

    Also, how did you "remove" it? Just yank the cable, or something a little more refined like unmount or eject?

    • EvilCartyen@feddit.dk
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      4 months ago

      Yanked out the cable like a medieval surgeon ;) Anyway, since I removed it from fstab I figured it was unmounted.

      • communism@lemmy.ml
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        4 months ago

        fstab tells the system what to mount on boot; it doesnt live reload! In future to unmount something do:

        sudo umount /path/to/mountpoint

        This command also works for something in your fstab, because fstab is only relevant during boot.