Router is not responding on restart with usb drive

[before]

Hi,
My router stops responding after a reboot. The activity lights are still on but I cant connect to ssh/telnet, even the setup page won't load.

This only happens if the external usb drive is plugged in.
If I remove the usb drive then replug the router, It works properly.

I can only use the router + usb drive again if I remove the swap and opt partition then reinstall all the packages from the start.

When i plug the same usb drive on my ubuntu computer the drive is working properly.

I'm running wl500g premium on oleg + wdc 500gb essentials.
This setup is working properly before.

Need help Thanks.

[raas]

Hi,

Could you post your post-boot script here..
Maybe it waits and waits for the mounting of the drive,
(I have the exact same drive and never had problems with it.)

[before]

Im using the posted post-boot on wengi's guide .
modified to use with usb hdd and a fourth partition.

I'm thinking that this problem started after I've added the mount for a fourth partition.

something like

mount /dev/discs/disc0/part3 /mnt
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part4 /tmp/harddisk

btw: is it ok to mount at /mnt?

I cant post the exact post-boot file now because I'm at work now and accessing ssh remotely. Ive issued a reboot then I can't access ssh anymore.

I'll post the post-boot file later when i got home.

Thanks much, at least I have a new lead now on what is causing this problem.

[raas]

btw: is it ok to mount at /mnt?

Yep, that's ok, I've mounted my data partition to /mnt also.

What you can do is this.

disable the post-boot file (flush al it's contents except the dropbear command), flash/reboot,
login,

and then start entering the commands which were in the post-boot file manually in the console, This should give you a lead, which commands work, and which don't/give you an error.


One last question... (and I have a feeling this is it, )
is your post-boot script executable ? Because you're telling me that after a reboot you cannot login with SSH (and the post-boot starts the dropbear which is needed for SSH). otherwise, chmod +x your post-boot, and don't forget to flash/reboot after this.
If this is the case you still should be able to login using telnet, not ssh.


HTH

[before]

Thanks, I'm getting a lot of progress here. Just a little more...

I've modified post-boot to just

#!/bin/sh
# Start SSH service
dropbear

And issued the commands one line at a time.

I'm having errors on.

mount /dev/discs/disc0/part4 /tmp/harddisk

As there is no /tmp/harddisk on reboot. (is that normal?, there was before.)

Everything works now and I can even reboot properly, except i need to run the commands again manually.


Some more clues,

here are my old post-boot:

#!/bin/sh
# Start SSH service
dropbear

# test if USB disc has been attached
# if not - then insert needed modules
if [ ! -d /dev/discs ]
    then
insmod scsi_mod && insmod sd_mod && insmod usb-storage && sleep 5s
    fi

# Wait for /opt to mount
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part2 /opt
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part3 /mnt
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part4 /tmp/harddisk

    i=0
while [ $i -le 30 ]
    do
if [ -d /opt/etc ]
    then
    break
    fi
sleep 1
i=`expr $i + 1`
    done

# Activate swap
swapon /dev/discs/disc0/part1

#to let midnight commander run on terminals, make alias for colored mc
echo "export TERMINFO=/opt/share/terminfo">>/etc/profile
echo "alias mc=\"mc -c\"">>/etc/profile

# Run all active services - active means starts with S
/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung

Using my old post-boot, when I reboot the router with the usb-hdd plugged-in and try to connect to ssh quickly, I can manage to enter my username and password then issue at least one command before the router stops responding.
Also using the old post-boot, when i reboot with no usb-hdd plugged in, the operation is normal (except for the missing packages), then I'll plug the usb-hdd. When the usb-hdd starts spinning thats when the router then stops responding.
This also happens, even if the /opt partition is empty.

I think there is something in the issued commands on my old post-boot that does that. As it doesn't happens now when using the post-boot with dropbear only.

Another question:
Does the usb-hdd auto mounts to the router?
I'm thinking thats where the router stops responding when i'm using the old post-boot.


Thanks ^^

[raas]

Hi,

in your old post-boot file, part 3, 4 aren't mounted properly., you should place them outside the mountig of /opt

mount them after you've activated the swap.

so cut the lines

mount /dev/discs/disc0/part3 /mnt
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part4 /tmp/harddisk

and paste them under

# Activate swap
swapon /dev/discs/disc0/part1

so I took your old post-boot file and modified it to something that should work in your situation

#!/bin/sh
dropbear
# test if USB disc has been attached
# if not - then insert needed modules
#
# uncoment the following 4 lines if using an USB HDD.
if [ ! -d /dev/discs ]
then
insmod scsi_mod && insmod sd_mod && insmod usb-storage && sleep 5s
fi

#Wait for /opt to mount
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part2 /opt
i=0
while [ $i -le 30 ]
do
if [ -d /opt/etc ]
then
break
fi
sleep 1
i=`expr $i + 1`
done

# Activate swap
swapon /dev/discs/disc0/part1


#mount /data shares
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part3 /mnt
mount /dev/discs/disc0/part4 /tmp/harddisk

#to let midnight commander run on terminals, make alias for colored mc
echo "export TERMINFO=/opt/share/terminfo">>/etc/profile
echo "alias mc=\"mc -c\"">>/etc/profile

# Run all active services - active means starts with S
/opt/etc/init.d/rc.unslung

[before]

Thanks raas,

It's working properly now. I just have to add mkdir /tmp/harddisk before the mount, I dont know why /tmp/harddisk is missing. But it works now.

Thanks.

[raas]

Thanks raas,

It's working properly now. I just have to add mkdir /tmp/harddisk before the mount, I dont know why /tmp/harddisk is missing. But it works now.

Thanks.

Hi,

yeah.. happend to me one time, don't know either why /tmp/harddisk is missing.
what you could do, is create the folder and then a flash/reboot, then it should survive a reboot.


But I'm happy to hear it's working now.