At Mon, 25 May 2026 13:49:40 +0100 Chris Green <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Andy Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 12:41:30PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > > > However it does seem a bit 'unfriendly' to make the system totally > > > unbootable if a drive that isn't needed at all for the boot process > > > can't be mounted by fstab. > > > > You've already received answers about why you can't log in, and how to > > boot into single user mode. > > > > I just wanted to add that if there is a filesystem that is not > > essential for system operation, you can inform systemd of this by adding > > "nofail" to the mount options in fstab. This is documented in > > systemd.mount(5). > > > > You can also use the regular mount options "noauto" to not mount the > > thing every time, requiring a manual mount. > > > It was a drive used for hourly 'snapshot' backups so needed to be > mounted normally. I think the nofail mount option would fulfil what I > need though. The autofs/automount option would also work. I've done this to save "wear" of the backup disk, setting it to spin down and "sleep" when not in use, thus extending its life. (It would do for the backup disk to wearout *before* the main live disk(s)...) > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services [email protected] -- Webhosting Services
