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?

  • Lenna 🔞OPEnglish
    1•5 hours ago

    I shall give this a try the next time it loses power. Thank you.

    • @OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
      1•1 hour ago

      Then set up a cron job that periodically tries to read a file on the drive, and if that command fails, then execute sudo mount -a

      Like, set up a root account cron job to run touch \external_drive\test_file.txt || mount -a at 5-minute intervals.