On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 9:27 AM, Anon Anon wrote: > Disk label type DoS and NTFS? I bet if you could reformat those two drives > to ext4 or something more Linux friendly your problem would evaporate. I > bet there is a hidden file in the NTFS that the computer is choking on. > sdb is formatted as ext4. Not sure why fdisk shows dos. When I plug the drive into my ubuntu laptop it shows as ext4. Also, root@orca:/home/mark# df -T /dev/sdb1 Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdb1 ext4 2884121824 1265247048 1472346776 47% /media/backup > > https://superuser.com/questions/37512/how-to-read- > ext4-partitions-on-windows > > If you need to deal with windows on those drives, look at different > options. But I'd see about removing NTFS as a headache. > I am using fuse to read the NTFS drive, and it works very well. I trade movies etc with others who all have Windoz machines, so moving all the files to ext4 would be a pain. root@orca:/home/mark# df -T /dev/sdc1 Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sdc1 fuseblk 1953480704 825650176 1127830528 43% /media/plex Also, the NTFS drive is not causing the issue. It is the ext4 drive. If I take out the ext4 drive the system boots without any issues. If I add the ext4 drive and take out the NTFS drive, the system hangs. > > I'm sure someone with more experience in drive management will chime in > though. Some people still like ext2 and ext3 as options as well. > > Got a drive you could format as four, toss some files on, and try and see? > If it boots with it plugged in I'd bet that's the problem. > > On Dec 10, 2016 8:57 AM, "Mark Phillips" > wrote: > >> There are three disks in the system. sda = internal hard drive, sdb = >> backup USB, sdc = plex USB. >> >> The hard drive is the only one that is marked as bootable. It hangs on >> the backup USB and not the plex USB. >> >> It still hangs if I disable all but the hard drive for booting. >> >> root@orca:/home/mark# fdisk -l /dev/sda >> Disk /dev/sda: 931.5 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors >> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes >> Disklabel type: dos >> Disk identifier: 0x00043575 >> >> Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type >> /dev/sda1 * 2048 1920129023 1920126976 915.6G 83 Linux >> /dev/sda2 1920131070 1953523711 33392642 15.9G 5 Extended >> /dev/sda5 1920131072 1953523711 33392640 15.9G 82 Linux swap / >> Solaris >> >> Partition 2 does not start on physical sector boundary. >> >> >> root@orca:/home/mark# fdisk -l /dev/sdb >> Disk /dev/sdb: 2.7 TiB, 3000558944256 bytes, 732558336 sectors >> Units: sectors of 1 * 4096 = 4096 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes >> Disklabel type: dos >> Disk identifier: 0x00028375 >> >> Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type >> /dev/sdb1 256 732558335 732558080 2.7T 83 Linux >> >> >> root@orca:/home/mark# fdisk -l /dev/sdc >> Disk /dev/sdc: 1.8 TiB, 2000365289472 bytes, 3906963456 sectors >> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes >> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes >> Disklabel type: dos >> Disk identifier: 0x48f9a2e9 >> >> Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type >> /dev/sdc1 2048 3906963455 3906961408 1.8T 7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT >> root@orca:/home/mark# >> >> Mark >> >> On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 8:28 AM, Anon Anon wrote: >> >>> What does the partition structure look like on the USB drives? Are any >>> of the partitions marked as bootable mistakenly? I'd probably check the >>> drives first. Then I'd remove drives and get into the bios and see about >>> disabling all external boot options... >>> >>> This may also be a good time to investigate a bios update if you have >>> never done it. I ascribe to the don't fix unless broken school on bios but >>> this may be a time to fix moment. >>> >>> On Dec 10, 2016 08:23, "Mark Phillips" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I have an old laptop running Linux version 4.8.0-1-amd64 (Debian >>>> 5.4.1-3) that I use as a "headless" server for backups and Plex. It has two >>>> USB drives attached to it for the backups and the media files. >>>> >>>> I have issues whenever I reboot the laptop. It appears to be trying to >>>> boot off the backup USB drive for hours, then gives up and goes to the >>>> internal hard drive and boots the rest of the way. It freezes in the >>>> initial bios boot up screen. F2 and F12 do not respond...it is as if the >>>> machine is frozen or dead, but eventually it does complete booting up. The >>>> last entry in the bios screen is the name of the back up USB drive, then it >>>> hangs for a long time. Eventually it gets to the next entry for the bios >>>> screen which is enabling the touchpad, and continues to boot from there. >>>> >>>> * In the bios, I changed the boot order to start with the internal hard >>>> drive, then the CD/DVD, and then the USB devices are disabled. >>>> >>>> * I moved mounting the usb drives from /etc/fstab to autofs, which >>>> seems to work just fine. Once the machine is running, I can access the two >>>> drives. I had the same booting issues when the drives were listed in >>>> /etc/fstab. >>>> >>>> * If I remove the backup USB drive and then reboot, the laptop boots >>>> normally and does not hang in the initial bios screen. >>>> >>>> * I tried moving the backup USB drive to another port (there are four >>>> in the laptop), but nothing changes. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts you might have on fixing this annoyance would be greatly >>>> appreciated! >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >