On Mon, 25 May 2026 20:29:36 +0000 Andy Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 08:13:35PM +0100, Joe wrote: > > In case it helps anyone else in future, the same applies if a remote > > samba share is mounted by fstab, the share will not be available > > during boot, so it must be marked in fstab as 'not required for > > boot', for which I use the 'noauto' and 'x-systemd.automount' > > options. > > I think you may have other issues, as this is not supposed to happen. > systemd is supposed to be able to tell (by their type) that network > filesystems like smbfs and nfs require to wait until network is up. > For filesystems that require network but don't necessarily make it > obvious by their type, you are supposed to use the "_netdev" mount > option to let systemd know. > > If it's trying to mount these before the network is up then something > odd is going on. If it's failing to mount these after the network is > up then there is a problem somewhere. > > This is documented in systemd.mount(5). > Maybe that's how it is now. I switched my sid installation to systemd fairly early in its life in Debian. Maybe it was a bit less polished then. Certainly adding the options I mentioned, as recommended by various Net gurus at the time, fixed it. And now, If It Ain't Broke... -- Joe
