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Removed USB-drive still shows in file manager

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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?

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solrize@lemmy.world
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Did you umount the file system before unplugging the drive?

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EvilCartyen@feddit.dkOP
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I figured removing it from fstab was akin to unmounting it.

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solrize@lemmy.world
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I don’t think so. I guess it’s sort of possible that it automagically does that but I haven’t kept track. I just use umount(8).

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Definitely no

Hopefully it wasn’t in use and doing that can cause issues. It probably not a big deal but next time hit the eject button.

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ScottE@lemm.ee
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Nope, it doesn’t work that way. You have to umount it. You could reboot after removing it from fstab, but that’s a bigger hammer than necessary.

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