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frazer

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Registered: 2013-12-09

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Mounting nfs via /etc/fstab

Hello

I have moved back to Arch recently and am having problems (coming from CentOS/Fedora) getting my nfs mount upon boot via /etc/fstab

Here is my /etc/fstab entry:

192.168.98.99:/mnt/NAS99/Media  /mnt/NAS99      nfs     defaults        0       0

If I perform mount -a this works fine, but, upon boot the directory is not mounted.

Please could someone offer any advice?

Many thanks

Frazer

Slithery

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Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: Mounting nfs via /etc/fstab

Your system is trying to mount the share before the network is up, you should try adding the _netdev option
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NF … tc.2Ffstab

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seth

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Re: Mounting nfs via /etc/fstab

Not saying there is, but there *might* be a problem automounting remote FS, given there's also https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1765811

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cafe

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Registered: 2014-03-20

Posts: 158

Re: Mounting nfs via /etc/fstab

If you use network manager, another option would be to enable NetworkManager-wait-online.service and add it as a requirement to nfs service (dont foget to include the After= entry as well)

frazer

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Registered: 2013-12-09

Posts: 60

Re: Mounting nfs via /etc/fstab

Thanks @Slithery

I changed my /etc/fstab to

192.168.98.99:/mnt/NAS99/Media  /mnt/NAS99      nfs     defaults,_netdev        0       0

But it is still not working.

Any further ideas please?

frazer

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Registered: 2013-12-09

Posts: 60

Re: Mounting nfs via /etc/fstab

If you use network manager, another option would be to enable NetworkManager-wait-online.service and add it as a requirement to nfs service (dont foget to include the After= entry as well)

Thank you for this advice

How do I go about "add it as a requirement to nfs service (dont foget to include the After= entry as well)" please - that is a concept I don't understand as yet.

Thanks again

cafe

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Registered: 2014-03-20

Posts: 158

Re: Mounting nfs via /etc/fstab

I'm sorry, what I've actually did to solve this issue was to enable NetworkManager-wait-online.service with a slight modification to the service file. The original service file executes nm-online with an option to wait for network manager to start and not the actual connection (-s option). To make sure that your system will mount nfs folders only when the network is indeed online you should enable this service.

You can edit the service file with an overrride.

# systemctl edit NetworkManager-wait-online.service

Replace the execution line with this new override file:

[Service]
ExecStart=
ExecStart=/usr/bin/nm-online -q -t 30

And then enable the service.

# systemctl enable NetworkManager-wait-online.service

Reboot.

Warning: I don't know if this will work with other network managers. I only use Network Manager for all my network interfaces.

monodromy

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Registered: 2014-02-08

Posts: 62

Re: Mounting nfs via /etc/fstab

Alternatively, you can use automount. The share will not mount until you need it. Instructions are on that same wiki page, a little further down.

frazer

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Registered: 2013-12-09

Posts: 60

Re: Mounting nfs via /etc/fstab

Terrific @Cafe

It worked (not at first, as, I hadn't enabled the service!  As soon as I did and rebooted: bingo - there was my mounted folder.)

Wonderful - thanks @Cafe - terrific to be back using Arch - it is so much better in so many ways for me.....

Last edited by frazer (2018-02-06 08:14:15)