On 13/12/17 15:17, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 14:01:38 +0000, Wols Lists wrote: > >>> Can't you change this with fstab settings. I see a similar behaviour >>> when trying t mount NFS shares that aren't there, but it gives up >>> trying after 90s and gets on with booting the computer. >> >> I've tried ... >> >> Systemd and mounting anything other than local linux hard drives gives >> me a migraine ... >> >> Yes I *should* be able to tell it to just forget about drives it can't >> mount while booting. Yes I *should* be able to tell it to just forget >> about drives it can't access while shutting down. Yes I *should* be able >> to tell it to do what I want, but it seems that no matter what I tell >> it, it randomly refuses to boot or shut down because of a hiccup with a >> Windows or network mount :-( > > Have you tried adding x-systemd.mount-timeout= and/or nofail to the > options in fstab? See man systemd.mount. > > Quite likely. And ditched thanks to the guaranteed hang on shutdown as a result, I think.
Every "fix" causes a different problem elsewhere, ime :-( Cheers, Wol
