USB HDD not recognized after boot of Thecus 5200

[thomas]

I have a Thecus N5200 PRO
when i boot it with the USB HDD connected the Thecus does not recognized the device.

Also the same with a USB Stick.

When I connect it when the Thecus is on
there are no problems !

Is there a solution for this problem?

Thanks for your help

[thomas]

nobody any idea?

[sauron]

Normally when you plus it in the device is detected, and the usb hotplug script gets run, which detects the partitioning and filesystem, and mounts it.

When you boot with it attached, it's not hotplugged, so the hotplug script never runs, and it doesn't mount. You can only get round this by modifying the bootup scripts on the device to simulate hotplug events after boot. There's no real easy option.

[omega]

I've described this bug here (this was on 7 January 2007): onbeat.dk/thecus/index.php/N5200_BUG:_USB_Disk_Handling

At least I think it's the same bug. So if it's the same Thecus didn't do anything in the meantime.....

Andreas

[thomas]

thanks for your help
but where do i get the USBHDD module?

when i click on
"Workaround
Install the USBHDD module
"
then i see an empty page

[omega]

Thomas,

the link has changed and not be corrected yet, but this is not the real problem....

The real problem is I haven't created a module which corrects this behavior for the actual firmware versions.

You mustn't use the old module for firmware version after 1.00.06.5!

I don't wanted and still I'm not convinced to create a module which fixes this for the new FW versions as this really should be corrected by Thecus.

Please write them and tell them about.
It is really important that more customers write Thecus, maybe they will do something then. I've reported these issues a long time ago but they are not really interested in what I'm doing and telling them.

Andreas

[thomas]

Ok i understand
thanks for your help

i have already written them

otherwise i have a N5200 PRO maybe there are also some differneces to the N5200 Firmware

[omega]

No, the firmware for the N5200 and the N5200PRO is exactly the same.
Depending on the hardware several features are enabled/disabled in the software, but this error doesn't depend on that.

Andreas