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.

  • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
    2·
    10 hours 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.