boot problem

[pkaplan1 at comcast.net]

> pkaplan1 at comcast.net wrote: 
>> In the last few days my system has been hanging during boot. 
>> 
>> The only way to continue booting is by hitting ctrl+d. Booting continues normally and the 
>> drives are correctly mounted. 
>> 
>> I've verified that th UUID identifiers that are listed in /etc/fstab match those listed in /dev/disk 
>> /by-uuid and are the same four partitions listed above. These correspond to /dev/sdb5, 
>> /dev/sdb2, /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sdb6, respectively. 
>> 
>> How can I get this to stop hanging? 
>> Paul 
>> 
>> 
>The only time I've seen this problem recently is with trying to 
>automount a USB hard drive on boot. Where are these partitions located? 

Exactly. All the partitions are on an external USB drive. Strange thing is that there was no problem in the 2 weeks since I set up the machine and drive, only in the last few days. 
Paul 
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