Boot and stability issue when USB drive is attached

sidneym · November 20, 2025, 2:16pm

I noticed that the rubik pi will not reboot if a USB drive is attached. I can however mount and use the drive after I boot. The final part of the boot log contains the following:

[ OK ] Started systemd-ask-password-conso…equests to Console Directory Watch.
[ OK ] Reached target cryptsetup.target - Local Encrypted Volumes.
[ OK ] Found device dev-ttyMSM0.device - /dev/ttyMSM0.
[ OK ] Found device dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-…st.device - H9QT0G6CN6X146 persist.
[ OK ] Found device dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-…evice - H9QT0G6CN6X146 system-boot.
Format: Log Type - Time(microsec) - Message - Optional Info
Log Type: B - Since Boot(Power On Reset), D - Delta, S - Statistic
S - QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=BOOT.MXF.1.0.c1-00312.1-KODIAKLA-3
S - IMAGE_VARIANT_STRING=SocKodiakLAA
S - OEM_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=be0390be3c9d

sidneym · November 20, 2025, 2:52pm

Another issue is that “parted -l” will reset the device if the usb drive is attached. My external usb drives are not recognized when attached to the USB-A ports.

kinkin · November 21, 2025, 5:43am

May I confirm which version you are currently using—Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Desktop, or another distribution?

sidneym · November 21, 2025, 3:39pm

Ubuntu server, this is the specific image I installed: ubuntu-24.04-preinstalled-server-arm64+rubikpi3-20250912-127.img
The command used to install was: ./qdl --storage ufs prog_firehose_ddr.elf rawprogram*.xml patch*.xml
The md5sum of the os-image:
68658fcf93b7e86ca822a8b79fcf5a4b ubuntu-24.04-preinstalled-server-arm64+rubikpi3-20250912-127.img

kinkin · November 24, 2025, 7:41am

May I confirm whether you have switched to the root user?
Could you kindly share the detailed information of the USB device you are using, along with its purchase link?
Would you also be able to provide the test commands and step-by-step procedure you followed?

sidneym · November 24, 2025, 4:22pm

I was not root but this command requires sudo in order to produce output.

This is the device spec page: Portable SSD T9 2TB USB 3.2 | Samsung US

Other output:

lspci
0000:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc SM8250 PCIe Root Complex [Snapdragon 865/870 5G]
0000:01:00.0 USB controller: Renesas Technology Corp. uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller (rev 03)
0001:00:00.0 PCI bridge: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc SM8250 PCIe Root Complex [Snapdragon 865/870 5G]

lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0b95:1790 ASIX Electronics Corp. AX88179 Gigabit Ethernet
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 04e8:61fd Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd PSSD T9

uname -a
Linux ubuntu 6.8.0-1056-qcom #57-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Tue Oct 21 15:36:21 UTC 2025 aarch64 aarch64 aarch64 GNU/Linux

/usr/sbin/parted --version
parted (GNU parted) 3.6
Copyright (C) 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by http://git.debian.org/?p=parted/parted.git;a=blob_plain;f=AUTHORS.

The output begins and seems to crash when it hits the drive:

sudo parted -l
Model: SKhynix H9QT0G6CN6X146 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 123GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 538MB 537MB fat32 efi
2 538MB 569MB 31.5MB ext4 persist
3 569MB 123GB 122GB ext4 writable

Model: SKhynix H9QT0G6CN6X146 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 21.0MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 24.6kB 3715kB 3690kB xbl_a hidden, no_automount
2 3715kB 4239kB 524kB xbl_config_a hidden, no_automount
3 4239kB 7930kB 3690kB xbl_b hidden, no_automount
4 7930kB 8454kB 524kB xbl_config_b hidden, no_automount

Model: SKhynix H9QT0G6CN6X146 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 21.0MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 24.6kB 3715kB 3690kB xbl_a hidden, no_automount
2 3715kB 4239kB 524kB xbl_config_a hidden, no_automount
3 4239kB 7930kB 3690kB xbl_b hidden, no_automount
4 7930kB 8454kB 524kB xbl_config_b hidden, no_automount

Model: SKhynix H9QT0G6CN6X146 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 33.6MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 24.6kB 131kB 106kB ALIGN_TO_128K_1
2 131kB 262kB 131kB cdt hidden, no_automount
3 262kB 1311kB 1049kB ext2 usb_fw hidden, no_automount
4 1311kB 2359kB 1049kB ddr_a
5 2359kB 3408kB 1049kB ddr_b hidden, no_automount

Model: SKhynix H9QT0G6CN6X146 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sde: 2684MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End 1 24.6kB 549kB 524kB 2 549kB 67.7MB 67.1MB 3 67.7MB 67.9MB 262kB 4 67.9MB 70.0MB 2097kB 5 70.0MB 75.3MB 5243kB 6 75.3MB 79.5MB 4194kB 7 79.5MB 87.8MB 8389kB 8 87.8MB 92.0MB 4194kB 9 92.0MB 126MB 33.6MB 10 126MB 126MB 131kB 11 126MB 126MB 81.9kB 12 126MB 128MB 2097kB 13 128MB 130MB 2097kB 14 130MB 130MB 131kB 15 130MB 130MB 32.8kB 16 130MB 131MB 1049kB 17 131MB 131MB 262kB 18 131MB 132MB 524kB 19 132MB 132MB 262kB 20 132MB 199MB 67.1MB 21 199MB 201MB 2097kB 22 201MB 207MB 5243kB 23 207MB 211MB 4194kB 24 211MB 219MB 8389kB 25 219MB 223MB 4194kB 26 223MB 257MB 33.6MB 27 257MB 257MB 131kB 28 257MB 257MB 81.9kB 29 257MB 259MB 2097kB 30 259MB 261MB 2097kB 31 261MB 262MB 131kB 32 262MB 262MB 32.8kB 33 262MB 263MB 1049kB 34 263MB 263MB 262kB 35 263MB 263MB 4096B 36 263MB 263MB 4096B 37 263MB 263MB 4096B 38 263MB 280MB 16.8MB 39 280MB 311MB 31.5MB 40 311MB 312MB 1049kB 41 312MB 346MB 34.2MB 42 346MB 346MB 4096B 43 346MB 346MB 4096B 44 346MB 348MB 1049kB 45 348MB 356MB 8389kB 46 356MB 398MB 41.9MB 47 398MB 935MB 537MB 48 935MB 935MB 28.7kB 49 935MB 935MB 524kB 50 935MB 936MB 1049kB 51 936MB 971MB 34.2MB Size File system Name Flags
aop_a hidden, no_automount
dtb_a hidden, no_automount
apdp_a hidden, no_automount
xbl_ramdump_a hidden, no_automount
uefi_a hidden, no_automount
tz_a hidden, no_automount
hyp_a hidden, no_automount
mdtpsecapp_a hidden, no_automount
mdtp_a hidden, no_automount
devcfg_a hidden, no_automount
qupfw_a hidden, no_automount
uefisecapp_a hidden, no_automount
imagefv_a hidden, no_automount
shrm_a hidden, no_automount
multiimgoem_a hidden, no_automount
cpucp_a hidden, no_automount
qweslicstore_a hidden, no_automount
aop_b hidden, no_automount
apdp_b hidden, no_automount
dtb_b hidden, no_automount
xbl_ramdump_b hidden, no_automount
uefi_b hidden, no_automount
tz_b hidden, no_automount
hyp_b hidden, no_automount
mdtpsecapp_b hidden, no_automount
mdtp_b hidden, no_automount
devcfg_b hidden, no_automount
qupfw_b hidden, no_automount
uefisecapp_b hidden, no_automount
imagefv_b hidden, no_automount
shrm_b hidden, no_automount
multiimgoem_b hidden, no_automount
cpucp_b hidden, no_automount
qweslicstore_b hidden, no_automount
SYSFW_VERSION hidden, no_automount
recoveryinfo hidden, no_automount
devinfo hidden, no_automount
questdatafv hidden, no_automount
qmcs hidden, no_automount
dip hidden, no_automount
splash hidden, no_automount
limits
limits-cdsp
toolsfv hidden, no_automount
logfs hidden, no_automount
quantumsdk hidden, no_automount
logdump hidden, no_automount
secdata hidden, no_automount
quantumfv hidden, no_automount
catecontentfv
vm-data hidden, no_automount

Model: SKhynix H9QT0G6CN6X146 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdf: 210MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 24.6kB 3170kB 3146kB modemst1 hidden, no_automount
2 3170kB 6316kB 3146kB modemst2 hidden, no_automount
3 6316kB 9462kB 3146kB fsg hidden, no_automount
4 9462kB 9593kB 131kB fsc hidden, no_automount

kinkin · November 25, 2025, 7:04am

Thank you for your response. We will sync this issue internally and keep you informed of any developments.