I can't get my internal HDD to mount at startup - am I missing something, or is this a bug?

What is the output of :

cat /etc/fstab

Also what file system is in use on the USB storage?

Thanks

1. cat /etc/fstab

el_gallo_azul@W2600CR:~$ cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=265ae6bf-eb9e-4100-98d4-b1fbec0b658d none swap sw 0 0
el_gallo_azul@W2600CR:~$

2. Some of my USB storage devices use FAT32, and others are Ext3 and Ext4. The HDD that is the subject of this question is an internal HDD, which I suppose would be SATA and not USB. Also, it is sdb, and I mention this because I see that it does not appear in item 1.

I suggest you use fsck on the partition (unmounted) it will make sure the file system is consistent.

el_gallo_azul@W2600CR:~$ sudo fsck /dev/sdb1
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
Storage: clean, 1960/61054976 files, 123287713/244190208 blocks
el_gallo_azul@W2600CR:~$

I will try the steps 1 - 9 from my original post later today.

I just finished repeating steps 1 - 9, from my original post (above) on 2014-07-17, after having run fsck (I ran it again immediately before trying to "mount at startup").

Exactly the same thing occurred as previously.

That is:

Upon rebooting, and after Grub attempts to start Ubuntu, I receive the error message "An error occurred while mounting /mnt/sdb1. Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery".

I press S and the boot process continues OK. If I try to mount the disk immediately after booting, I receive the error message "Unable to access "Storage"".

So then I start the Disks utility and set it to Automatic Mount Options "On" and reboot.

Note that I changed "/mnt/4f721fc0-8072-453f-b48f-ca686bd89549" to "/mnt/sdb1".

I ended up addressing this by editing fstab directly (since trying to use gnome-disk-utility to configure the disk intuitively didn't work).

- Google search "ubuntu 14.04 mount internal hdd at startup"
- Open and read:
"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1571781&page=2" and
"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1571781&page=3" and
"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1571781&page=4" and
"http://askubuntu.com/questions/456054/unable-to-mount-hard-disk-at-startup" and
"http://askubuntu.com/questions/463994/problem-mounting-second-harddrive-with-ubuntu-14-04?rq=1" and
"http://askubuntu.com/questions/512321/how-do-i-get-my-internal-hdd-to-mount-at-startup" and
"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fstab" and
"http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=283131" and
"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions#Per-User_Mounts"
- Go to /etc/fstab file
- Right-click on file and run Script 'open-as-administrator'
- Add "
# mount 4f721fc0-8072-453f-b48f-ca686bd89549/sdb1/Storage at boot
UUID=4f721fc0-8072-453f-b48f-ca686bd89549 /media/el_gallo_azul/Storage ext4 defaults 0 2"
- Test by rebooting
- Determined to be successful by Dropbox not generating 'Dropbox folder not found' error message

But then I had to change the mount point:

"# mount 4f721fc0-8072-453f-b48f-ca686bd89549/sdb1/Storage at boot
UUID=4f721fc0-8072-453f-b48f-ca686bd89549 /media/el_gallo_azul/Storage ext4 defaults 0 2"

to

"# mount 4f721fc0-8072-453f-b48f-ca686bd89549=sdb1=InternalHDD at boot
UUID=4f721fc0-8072-453f-b48f-ca686bd89549 /mnt/InternalHDD ext4 defaults 0 2"

in order to reliably keep the correct permissions for one of my applications (BOINC) to use that location.