Mounting/mapping problems usbhdd

[sunespeg]

I have some problems properly mounting a USB harddrive , connected to solo1
Fresh install of 2.0.5
Setup: USB front: 16GB Kingston USB (8GB Universe/(8GB /media/usb)
Jumped to avalon, so far so good.
Now i try to add my 500GB USB HD, went to usb format wizard, chose ext4(also tried ext3)
-Using HDD initialization leads same way.
So far so good, reboot. Now i goto Devices manager, it is listed there as "NOT MAPPED" (as expected).
I choose "/media/hdd", reboot as suggested.

Everything go as planned, except when i go back into device manager, is is still listed as "NOT MAPPED",and it does not show up anywhere within BH either.

However if i goto /mnt/hdd and enter ls -a , i see some crashlogs..so it must be mounted somehow..on flash?(not sure at all). This is odd and probably cause of problem, nothing indicates where /mnt/hdd is, df-ah lists nothing either.

Anyone with a clue on how i get my USB-HD to actually act as a HD to record and store movies on?

Thanks in advance

Various dumps / info below:

root@vusolo:/# cat /etc/fstab
rootfs              /                    auto      defaults              1 1
proc                /proc                proc      defaults              0 0
devpts              /dev/pts            devpts    mode=0620,gid=5      0 0
usbdevfs            /proc/bus/usb        usbfs      defaults              0 0
/dev/mtdblock2      /boot                jffs2      rw                    0 0
tmpfs                /var/volatile        tmpfs      mode=0755            0 0
tmpfs                /dev/shm            tmpfs      mode=0777            0 0
UUID=3fd89222-73f8-42f8-82e0-5c09a80247bd    /universe    auto  defaults    0  0
UUID=c1f8cd0c-44c8-448f-8f99-86f4c5e87571    /media/usb    auto  defaults    0  0
UUID=f5a7be72-1f6d-465e-a38d-584c2dc6b9d0    /media/hdd    auto  defaults    0  0

root@vusolo:/# blkid
/dev/sda1: UUID="3fd89222-73f8-42f8-82e0-5c09a80247bd" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sda2: UUID="c1f8cd0c-44c8-448f-8f99-86f4c5e87571" TYPE="ext2"
/dev/sdb1: UUID="f5a7be72-1f6d-465e-a38d-584c2dc6b9d0" TYPE="ext4"
root@vusolo:/#

root@vusolo:/# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
ubi0:rootfs on / type ubifs (rw,sync,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /var/volatile type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=2048k,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,gid=5,mode=620)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/mtdblock2 on /boot type jffs2 (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=777)
/dev/sda1 on /universe type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue)
/dev/sda2 on /media/usb type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue)
/dev/sda1 on /etc type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue)
/dev/sda1 on /var/lib/opkg type ext2 (rw,relatime,errors=continue)
none on /usr type unionfs (rw,relatime,dirs=/universe/Avalon/usr=rw:/usr=ro)
automount(pid1058) on /autofs type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=4,pgrp=1058,timeout=5,minproto=2,maxproto=4,indirect)
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw,relatime)

 

[sunespeg]

Same thing with 2.0.8 , different USB drive!
Has anyone actually managed to persistantly mounted a usb harddrive on a solo?

 

[steve white]

I have a similar problem with my solo in that if I power it down and turn it off upon power up it no longer sees my external usb hdd.
To over come this I have to telnet to the box, log in and input this line "mount /dev/sda1 /media/hdd"
Where would I insert this line using an editor so the HDD is always available after a power down ?
Thannks
regards
DCW