USB disk does not mount automatically

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Hello,
I’m facing a strange situation. I’ve been using Volumio for a (long) while, trying now to upgrade to the lastest version in order to be able to use the “Randomizer” plugin which looks interesting.
So, flashed a new SD card with version 3.251, installed Randomizer and Touch display, so far so good. My music is on a USB3 4TG 2.5i. And I use a RPI4.
But the usb disk does not mount alone.
When the system boots, I can see the light on the disk flashing during 3 or 4 secs, which is norlmal (detection of the disk, I think).

I can see the partition in /proc/partitions (at the end):
major minor #blocks name

1 0 4096 ram0
1 1 4096 ram1
1 2 4096 ram2
1 3 4096 ram3
1 4 4096 ram4
1 5 4096 ram5
1 6 4096 ram6
1 7 4096 ram7
1 8 4096 ram8
1 9 4096 ram9
1 10 4096 ram10
1 11 4096 ram11
1 12 4096 ram12
1 13 4096 ram13
1 14 4096 ram14
1 15 4096 ram15
7 0 371996 loop0
179 0 15558144 mmcblk0
179 1 93750 mmcblk0p1
179 2 2639872 mmcblk0p2
179 3 12824064 mmcblk0p3
8 0 3907018583 sda
8 1 3907016704 sda1

I can see the disk in “lsusb”:

Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bc2:61b7 Seagate RSS LLC Maxtor M3 Portable
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 2109:3431 VIA Labs, Inc. Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

The mount point was automatically created (/media/Maxtor4T2), but emply…

Entering “sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/Maxtor4T2” mounts it, no problem.

I could add this line in the /etc/rc.local file. But I would prefer to have it mounted by itself…

I don’t understand why it is not mounted automatically. Any idea?

I’ve be using this USB disk for more than one year on another RPI4 with a former version of Volumio (3.17), and did not have this problem.

Any help appreciated.

Denis

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When the system boots, I can see the ligh on the disk flashing for 3 or 4 secs, which is normal.

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Found this is journalctl:
May 28 12:28:02 volumio-px volumio[662]: mount: /media/Maxtor4T2: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
May 28 12:28:02 volumio-px volumio[662]: error: Failed to mount Maxtor4T2: Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/sudo /bin/mount “/dev/sda1” “/mnt/USB/Maxtor4T2” -o noatime,iocharset=utf8

But this disk mounts ok on my linux PC. And mounts ok inVolumio with "sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/Maxtor4T2”, without any option.
What’s wrong?
Shoud I try a fsck on rhe disk?

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May 28 12:28:02 volumio-px kernel: EXT4-fs (sda1): Unrecognized mount option “iocharset=utf8” or missing value
May 28 12:28:02 volumio-px volumio[662]: mount: /media/Maxtor4T2: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error.
May 28 12:28:02 volumio-px volumio[662]: error: Failed to mount Maxtor4T2: Error: Command failed: /usr/bin/sudo /bin/mount “/dev/sda1” “/mnt/USB/Maxtor4T2” -o noatime,iocharset=utf8

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Could there be any issue with the “iocharset=utf8” option? And where does this option come from? I’m sure I did not use it when formatting the disk.

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Hi. Thanks for that. I’ll wait for a more stable version, then…

Denis