[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 14581] New: Show device information in volume properties

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https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14581

            Bug ID: 14581
           Summary: Show device information in volume properties
    Classification: Xfce Core
           Product: Thunar
           Version: 1.6.15
          Hardware: Other
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Medium
         Component: General
          Assignee: xfce-bugs at xfce.org
          Reporter: toolforger at durchholz.org
                CC: benny at xfce.org, hjudt at xfce.org
  Target Milestone: 1.8.0

Use case:
I have various USB sticks attached.
Some of the sticks are mountable (actually auto-mounted), others are
unmountable due to lack of drivers.
I want to format one of them, and for that, I need the name of the device that
the volume lives on.
I haven't sprung that particular trap yet, but I'm very worried that I'll
accidentally wipe my harddisk one day, due to "thick fingers" or being in a
hurry or distracted.

It would be nice if any volume, mounted or not, had device information: What
device it's living on, what partition.
I know that this information may be difficult to obtain, there's all kinds of
virtual devices (DM, LVM2, image files, loopback devices, sshfs etc.). Still,
if I see /dev/sdb I know that I'm looking at some real hardware and can act,
and if I get something funny I'm no worse off than without that information.

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