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#1 2014-10-13 21:23:11
- olive
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Systemd very nasty with incorrect setup
There was an error in my fstab. An entry for a partition that was not there anymore. But this partition wasn't essential. But instead of giving me a warning, it began by waiting for 90s until ask me "Give root password for maintenance or Press Crtl-D to continue). I pressed Ctrl-D but the machine hung. After pressing random key nervously, I see once again the 90s countdown. At this point, I forcedly reset the machine and booted a rescue disk. Is it not possible to configure systemd to be a little more tolerant. it might have waited for 10 sec, gave me a warning and booted anyway. The only thing to do was to remove the entry for the non existent partition in /etc/fstab.
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#2 2014-10-13 21:32:06
- WorMzy
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Re: Systemd very nasty with incorrect setup
If you want systemd to ignore things that aren't there when you boot, add nofail to the mount options.
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#3 2014-10-13 21:38:30
- olive
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Re: Systemd very nasty with incorrect setup
Doesn't work. Maybe it's something like systemd.????=nofail ?
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#4 2014-10-13 21:39:59
- alphaniner
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Re: Systemd very nasty with incorrect setup
No, it's nofail. From my fstab:
/dev/vg0/v_build /home/testing/build ext4 defaults,stripe=512,data=ordered,nofail 0 2But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we have had, or has been powerless to prevent it. In either case, it is unfit to exist.
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#5 2014-10-13 21:41:31
- nomorewindows
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Re: Systemd very nasty with incorrect setup
Just enter your password at the Ctrl-D prompt mount your essential partitions and modify your /etc/fstab to comment the problem partition and reboot.
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