Automounting problem - WD 3TB My Book
Hello everyone!!!
Recently I purchased a 3TB Western Digital My Book. I have the same model but in 2TB version which works perfectly in Ubuntu, but it's full of multimedia content. The new one, the 3TB version, shows me a little problem. I must mount it manually always. Curiously BIOS can't detect the 2TB and 3TB HD, but they work perfectly on Ubuntu. I have tried the next options:
First Attempt - Format it manually (I have read the +2TB limitation so I partitioned manually for a GPT partition table and EXT4 FS):
$ sudo parted /dev/sdg
mklabel gpt
mkpart primary ext4 0% 100%
$ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdg1
$ sudo e2label /dev/sdg1 WD2
Result: all ok but Ubuntu can't automount the unit
Second Attempt - Using fstab and mtab:
$ sudo mkdir /media/WD2
$ sudo nano /etc/fstab
UUID=4901a1e3-3fdb-4796-9e2e-2b42c0c600fb /media/WD2 ext4 errors=remount-ro 0 1
$ sudo nano /etc/mtab
/dev/sdg1 /media/WD2 ext4 rw,errors=remount-ro 0 0
$ sudo mount /dev/sdg1
Result: all ok, but if I want to automount the unit, I need to connect the HD before turn on the PC or restart it.
Third Attempt - Use other OS:
I have a Galaxy S3 with an OTG cable and SmartDroid ROM, so I can connect the HD and it works really great with USB OTG Helper and Solid Explorer APKs.
On a laptop with Windows 8.1, I formatted the HD in NTFS and it works great. The HD automounts correctly everytime I connect and disconnect it from laptop. If I go to the Ubuntu PC, HD doesn't automount.
Using a Ubuntu liveusb, the result is the same...
PC: OS -Ubuntu 13.10 x64
Kernel - Liquorix kernel 3.12-8.dmz.1-liquorix-amd64
Motherboard - Pegatron Cleveland GL-8
Question: What other options do I have?
Thank you so much for your help!!!
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