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Contributor Penguin Guy on the Quality category

Linking to an Un-Mounted Device Causes Error Message  
Written by Penguin Guy the 2 Apr 09 at 18:10. Related project: Nautilus. New
When you click on a link to a file/folder on a device that is not mounted it brings up an error message.
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Solution #1: Auto-Mount Device When Clicking on Link
Written by Penguin Guy the 2 Apr 09 at 18:10.
When you click on a link to a file/folder on a device that is not mounted, Ubuntu should attempt to mount the device and follow the link. Ubuntu should only bring up an error message if the device cannot be mounted or the link cannot be followed. To make this possible, links made to external devices should not start with the mount point '/media/.../', but the device ID '1A7B482C:///'.

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