How to mount/unmount external disks?

Add the following in your .xinitrc if not present:

udiskie &

Remember to unmount your disk before unplugging:

udiskie-umount <device>

We can also use the option -a to unmount everything we've plugged manually:

udiskie-umount -a

Further study links

• Why you need to unmount before unplugging?: https://superuser.com/questions/180722/should-i-unmount-a-usb-drive-before-unplugging-it
• Udiskie usage: https://github.com/coldfix/udiskie/wiki/Usage
• A tutorial: https://linuxhint.com/mount-usb-drive-centos/
• The /mnt dir: http://www.linfo.org/mnt.html
• /dev/sda: https://www.tec4tric.com/linux/dev-sda-in-linux
• Unmounting: http://www.linfo.org/umount.html
• Device names: https://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/devices.html
• See lsblk man page
• lsblk -p or lsblk -o PATH,LABEL,SIZE is helpful.
• Device files: https://opensource.com/article/16/11/managing-devices-linux