Problems with SATA to USB-Adapters

Hello Armbian Kernel Team,

I own a Cubietruck (CB3) and I wanted to setup a fresh debian server system. So I installed Armbian 5.14 (Debian Jessie) on my SD Card and booted the system up. Everything was working as expected, but I have special needs regarding the usage of my filesystems and storage devices.

My desired configuration is (previously working under Armbian Wheezy):

Cubietruck NAND
-> /dev/nand1 (32 MB) = boot partition
-> /dev/nand2 (max) = some data or maybe swap

60 GB SATA Drive (2,5") via SATA to USB adapter
-> /dev/sdb1 (5 GB) = root filesystem
-> /dev/sdb2 (55 GB) = some data

1 TB SATA Drive (3,5") via native SATA port on cubie with additional 12 V power supply
-> /dev/sda1 (1 TB) = important data

So I started the nand-sata-install script and it ran through perfectly, but when wanted to boot up the system again, I received an error message saying that the init system could not be found and it recommended to use the init bootparam.

But in order to exclude errors of my hardware I used the nand-sata-install script to test certain scenarios.

1) working
BOOT: nand1
ROOT: nand2

2) working
BOOT: nand1
ROOT: 60 GB (via SATA)

3) not working
BOOT: nand1
ROOT: 60 GB (via USB to SATA Adapter)

I started the big googling and came up with this article:
http://www.cubieforums.com/index.php?topic=1552.0

It is basically about the kernel module CONFIG_USB_STORAGE, which seems to be disabled and could cause the problem.

How can I get my desired configuration to work again?


Best regards

Nicklas