fsck fails on USB disk and interrupts boot process

[Christoph Bier]

Roby schrieb am 16.07.2007 15:29:

> Christoph Bier wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I installed an USB disk with a (not encrypted) ext2 file system to
>> my wife's laptop running Feisty. Now, every boot process is
>> interrupted by an fsck failure regarding the USB disk---with the USB
>> disk connected or not. If the USB disk is connected I can run fsck
>> manually (not with the UUID but the corresponding device ->
>> /dev/sdb1) without any problems and with "init 6" I can complete the
>> boot process.
>> 
>> Here's the failure message:
>> 
>> Checking Filesystems ...
>> fsck 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
>> fsck.ext2: Unable to resolve 'UUID =
>> 26ccdf8f-c3d9-4093-804f-71787dd2a5c4'
>> fsck died with exit status 8
>> 
>> The UUID affiliates to the USB disk.
>> 
>> Why does auto fsck fail? Why is fsck run even if the USB disk is not
>> connected resp. not powered up? How can I fix this in order that
>> Ubuntu boots again without an interruption?
>> 
>> Best
>> Christoph

> Is that device listed in /etc/fstab?  If so and the <pass> digit is not
> zero, fsck will try to test it regardless.

You're right! I made this mistake in fstab. Thanks!

> Try $ sudo /lib/udev/vol_id /dev/sdb1 
> ... Are you *absolutely* certain the UUID is correct?

Yes, I am. But I used blkid ... I'll try vol_id later at home.

> I prefer to use disk labels ( /dev/disk/by-label/<label> ).

If disk labels are set are they automatically used?

Best
Christoph
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