[PROBLEM] Moode won't start if a USB stick with music is present

[Nutul]

Using Release 8.3.1 (2023-04-17)
Pi 3B+ with USB boot and separate USB stick contatining music. HiFiBerry Amp2, v1.1
(Same problem with Suptronix 400 and IqAudio HATS)

If the music USB is plugged in, Moode won't start. The red power LED is on, but the green LED does show anything, I have waited up to 15 minutes !
If the music USB is not mounted, boot occurs, and musc USB can be plugged in when the green USB has been flashing for a couple of minutes (I haven't checked the minimum time !) and Moode cn be used.

I didn't have this problem with earlier releases, eg 1.7


Tony

Hi,

cannot be sure of what I am going to say hereafter, but...
is your USB marked as bootable device, but does not contain any bootloader...? Try reformat it: I have a 1TB NVMe USB device on all the time, and I reboot my Raspberry at least once a week, and never had an issue with it preventing boot.
I must say, though, that the disk in question is formatted as Ext4