I’m running a Ubuntu server on my old laptop with an external HDD connected to it. The external HDD is powered independently from the laptop, as it is plugged into the wall.

During a power outage, my laptop remains operational due to its battery, but the HDD shuts down. When power is restored, my laptop does not automatically remount the HDD, and I have to reboot the system manually to access it.

Does anyone know how I can resolve this issue?

Edit: Not sure if this added context changes anything, but this is the HDD I’m using. It’s a 3.5" HDD that gets its power directly from the wall.

  • feannag@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Wouldn’t that just mount the HDD when the server boots? I think the issue is re-mounting it while the server remains up, hence the systemd service. But maybe I don’t understand fstab fully.

    • klankin@piefed.caEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      I think you can use the service to remount using the fstab entries/options. (Like “mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/XXX” and it’ll automatically apply the options and mountpoint)

      Arguably cleaner depending on your setup

    • happy_wheels@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      I wanted to provide feedback for THIS part only. :) not for OPs issue. I would have responded to OPs post if that were the case…