sysvinit called mount -a to handle mounting devices at boot. Unless you are still refusing to move to systemd, mount is on longer responsible for this so the problem must be in systemd.
On 8/5/2018 11:44 AM, Seamus de Mora wrote: > Package: mount > Version: 2.29.2-1+deb9u1 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > I have modified the file at `/etc/fstab` to add instructions to `mount` for > mounting a "USB thumb drive" (LABEL=SANDISK16GB); please see the file > contents below. Note the use of the `nofail` option. When I omit this > option, and that USB thumb drive is not plugged in, my system will no > longer complete the boot process. This behavior is contrary to the
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