[sf-lug] fstab problem

[Michael Paoli]

I think the option is "nofail" (off-the-top-of-my-head).
Have a look at the man page for fstab and mount,
and possibly also options for the filesystem type that you're
attempting to mount.

You can also try it manually from CLI most likely ...
I'd think with the appropriate option it should not give an
error (exit/return value of zero).

You can then also validate it in the fstab file, e.g.:
# mount target_directory
That should work and mount if the media is present,
and give exit/return of zero even if the media isn't present.
After that it ought to work as you wish/expect.

> From: "Alex Kleider" <akleider at sonic.net>
> Subject: [sf-lug] fstab problem
> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:19:12 -0800

> Platform:
>   Raspberry Pi 3 running latest image of raspian.
>
> A /mnt/Rachel directory has been created.
>
> The following line:
>     LABEL=Rachel /mnt/Rachel ext4 defaults 0 0
> has been added to the /etc/fstab file assuming that it could do no  
> harm and would make it easier for me to mount an sd card where I  
> wanted.
>
> The problem now is that if I try to boot without that device  
> connected I get a
>     a start job is running for dev-disk-by...
> notice and the system boots into "Emergency mode".
>
> Is there an option I can add to the /etc/fstab entry that would  
> allow the boot process to proceed normally even when there is no  
> "Rachel" labelled device attached?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Alex
>
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