USB External Storage not detected at Bootup

Same problem here. In my case the drive is not mapped in fstab, however manually mounting it (mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/drive) does not work and the system will not automount the drive unless I unplug and replug the device (at which point the device node is also created). Looking at /var/log/messages makes it look like the USB Mass Storage driver isn't loading until I replug.

Linux adonis 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

Adding usb_storage to /etc/modules fixed this issue for me, Weinerbarn can you see if this works for you as well?

If that is all it takes, the permanent fix should be pretty trivial.

Thanks :)

I'll try it tonight. Thanks for the update.

---- Steven Susbauer <email address hidden> wrote:
> Adding usb_storage to /etc/modules fixed this issue for me, Weinerbarn
> can you see if this works for you as well?
>
> If that is all it takes, the permanent fix should be pretty trivial.
>
> Thanks :)
>
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> USB External Storage not detected at Bootup
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364933
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> of the bug.
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> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I just upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04. Everything was working prior to the upgrade. I have an External USB attached Hard Drive which I have added to fstab by it's UUID ... actually it was in there from before the upgrade. When the system comes up, the drive is not visible. If I issue a "sudo mount - a" I get an error that UUID xxxxx is not found. If I power cycle the drive and then reissue the command, the drive works as normal. This only became an issue after 9.04 and occurs during reboots.

I added that line and it still does not mount automatically at startup even though it is in fstab. I ran lsmod before and after that line was added and did notice the module was loaded following reboot. It also did not give me an error when issuing a "sudo mount -a" like before. I was able to do this without power cycling the drive. Now I just need it to automatically mount.

Similar situation as Steven Susbauer. Adding usb_storage to /etc/modules did load it at boot time (whereas lsmod listed it as not loaded before I added it to /etc/modules).

Curious. Why isn't it loading usb_storage at boot on its own?

Wish I knew. Fortunately it's only an issue after a reboot which is rarely needed on my machine. I'm just going to let it ride until it get's worked out.

---- Gary W <email address hidden> wrote:
> Similar situation as Steven Susbauer. Adding usb_storage to
> /etc/modules did load it at boot time (whereas lsmod listed it as not
> loaded before I added it to /etc/modules).
>
> Curious. Why isn't it loading usb_storage at boot on its own?
>
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> USB External Storage not detected at Bootup
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/364933
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in “linux” source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> I just upgraded from 8.10 to 9.04. Everything was working prior to the upgrade. I have an External USB attached Hard Drive which I have added to fstab by it's UUID ... actually it was in there from before the upgrade. When the system comes up, the drive is not visible. If I issue a "sudo mount - a" I get an error that UUID xxxxx is not found. If I power cycle the drive and then reissue the command, the drive works as normal. This only became an issue after 9.04 and occurs during reboots.

gents, pls take a look at #344406 too.

regards,
peter b

I have marked this bug a duplicate of bug 344406, please post any farther commentary to that bug.

Thanks!

Same problem for me (and thank you, Steven, for your answer to my own question...I searched quite a bit but didn't find this bug or its duplicate).

lsusb was showing my usb hard drive, but the system wasn't recognizing it as disk space (through blkid or fdisk -l) unless I unplugged it and plugged it back in after startup. Adding usb_storage to /etc/modules fixed it. This is ubuntu 9.04, kernel 2.6.28-11-generic amd64. The same usb hard drive connected to my laptop (running 9.04 i386) has no problems.