I'll also point out that CD/DVD devices are usually named /dev/sr0
/dev/sr1 etc. where the "sr" stands for "SCSI ROM" and the numbers 0,
1, etc. are not partitions, but actual different physical drives.
Older systems may use /dev/scd0, /dev/scd1, etc.
So in my request for output, you should also
I doubt the solution to that other person's problem is the same one you
are having, but it's possible. Let me explain it in more detail,
because it actually has nothing to do with external DVD drives
specifically, which is muddying the waters.
These days, most storage devices emulate the old
No it certainly is not the case that everyone using Fedora 28 has
problems with external drives. Was your system upgraded to Fedora 28
from an earlier Fedora version, or was it installed fresh? I ask
because I've never had these issues, but I always install fresh rather
than do upgrades.
Thank you, Dan.
You've provided some details that I can follow, but I am not well enough
grounded to know how I would use them. (For example, I have no idea where
fstab lives or how I get to it.) If I can find someone to help me out
painstakingly, with a generous donation of their time and
Nancy Allison wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> When I plug in my external disk drive into my Fedora 28 machine, it does
> not show up in Nautilus.
>
> I go looking online, and, sure enough, this problem has occurred for plenty
> of people for 5+ years over many releases of Fedora.
>
> I find a discussion
Hi, all.
When I plug in my external disk drive into my Fedora 28 machine, it does
not show up in Nautilus.
I go looking online, and, sure enough, this problem has occurred for plenty
of people for 5+ years over many releases of Fedora.
I find a discussion in which someone evidently solved the
