Am Freitag, dem 02.05.2025 um 16:43 -0400 schrieb Kaizaad Bilimorya: > Hello, > > $ systemctl --version > systemd 252 (252-46.el9_5.3.alma.1) > > I was trying to use the "x-initrd.mount" option for some tooling in a mount > unit file (instead of using it in fstab and having to parse for it) but it > only seems to work in fstab. > The documentation > [https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.mount.html#x-initrd.mount](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.mount.html#x-initrd.mount) > > doesn't seem to include the line: > "Note that this option can only be used in /etc/fstab, and will be ignored > when part of the Options= setting in a unit file." > as some other options do so I thought it should be able to work in a mount > unit file. This is probably due to my lack of understanding of the way it > works though it would be nice if the documentation stated this explicitly as > it does for other options. > > Thanks > -k > -- > Kaizaad Bilimorya > Systems Administrator - SHARCNET | > [http://www.sharcnet.ca](http://www.sharcnet.ca) > Digital Research Alliance of Canada
Hi Kaizaad, if you need a mount in the initrd, than put a proper fstab in the initrd. But maybe you can elaborate what you actually want to achieve. Because > (instead of using it in fstab and having to parse for it) sounds wrong. BR Silvio
