I found that for NFS a workaround is to use the nfs option "bg". This is consistent with the explanation Allan gave.
** Summary changed: - mountall eats 100% cpu with nfs in fstab + mountall eats 100% cpu in fstab -- mountall eats 100% cpu in fstab https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/574044 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs