http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/item/14319/
After all, Windoze recognises a new drive, so Ubuntu should do no less.

[87 votes] Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #14319


]]> en-us Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:12:19 +0000 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:30:58 +0000 QAPoll module http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/14319/ It just doesn't automount them.]]> Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:33:49 +0000 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:08:29 +0000 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:23:30 +0000
There are moments that it does not makes sense to mount some partitions, I have some partitions where I have installed other operative systems, and I think it would be messy or risky if all of those partitions were available always to all users.]]> Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:49:17 +0000 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:19:36 +0000
Brand New:

Windows does not do this... You have to go to disk management. Similarly in Ubuntu you have gparted. I don't think blank hard-drives should auto-popup for a number of reasons. What if it is encrypted? What if it has disk images on it? What if it is broken and needs data recovery? You are just asking a newbie to wipe some data. If you know what you are doing then you should know the various partition tools.


Already had Files:

Ubuntu already does show any partitions it recognizes and displays them as favorites in nautilus (that pane on the left). They are not mounted by default, but clicking them mounts them. This is perfect behavior IMO. I think it automounts and even open folders for external drives.]]> Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:12:44 +0000 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:50:02 +0000 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:30:58 +0000