I've been using this setup for a few good weeks without issues, same powered hub and everything, however after accidentally unplugging the server and being unable to boot I decided to reimage the SD Card and now the box refuses to detect my external 1TB 2.5" HDD (powered hub).

Currently running latest server Debian (Armbian_community_26.2.0-trunk.22_Aml-s9xx-box_trixie_current_6.12.59) on X96 Mini (Amlogic S905W). I've tried to recreate my setup as close as possible to what I had before, however, now I cannot seem to be able to detect the HDD. The OS is installed on the SD Card.

 

lsblk looks like this:

 

NAME         MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
mmcblk0      179:0    0  57.6G  0 disk
├─mmcblk0p1  179:1    0   512M  0 part /boot
└─mmcblk0p2  179:2    0  56.6G  0 part /var/log.hdd
                                       /
mmcblk1      179:32   0  14.7G  0 disk
mmcblk1boot0 179:64   0     4M  1 disk
mmcblk1boot1 179:96   0     4M  1 disk
zram0        252:0    0 960.7M  0 disk [SWAP]
zram1        252:1    0    50M  0 disk /var/log
zram2        252:2    0     0B  0 disk

I can hear a clicking sound coming from the hdd, however it does not want to spin up. The HDD has around 8-9% free space left, and is formatted as EXFAT.
Connecting to a windows laptop the HDD spins up and gets detected instantly, even with no external power.

I'm completely at a loss regarding this, especially since I did my best recreating my working setup from a few hours ago.

Hi,

 

I suggest you try with a different powered hub see if there's a difference.

However, please provide logs with 

armbianmonitor -u

 

Thanks for the tip regarding armbian logs. I have a hunch that the hub is not the problem as it worked before reimagine and works on windows.

 

here’s armbian logs:

https://paste.armbian.com/hinutehewa

 

 

11 hours ago, Valentin B said:

I can hear a clicking sound coming from the hdd, however it does not want to spin up.

This means to me that there is a power problem. That can be complex, with a backfeeding situation that exists with the CPU box but not with other computer. Might be electronically something damaged now, not impossible even if it worked for weeks. Might a different U-Boot that does incomplete initialization or does finally something correct but as a consequence that your setup does not work anymore. I see things initiated in the kernel log, but what is what is not clear to me. So maybe have a look at lsusb (with proper options) output.

I must also say that USB connected storage is something I avoid. Wasted loads of time on it on RPI4, eventually made own power-supply, also battery fed now, that was main reason for own electronics actually. Else I could also have sold it, I have RK35xx devices now and use SATA from those and 12V based power.

Yeah I ended up ordering a refurbished office mini pc, might repurpose the android box for something else down the line, like a pihole or something.

Moved the plex server to my desktop and running it like that atm. That was pretty much all I was using the box for.

 

Thanks a lot for all the help!