No problem, glad I could be of help. Best, Hamish
On 19 April 2025 12:31:31 BST, Tim <t...@windriders.co.uk> wrote: >Thanks Hamish, when I looked at the man pages for Fstab (at least the one I >looked at first), the nofail was not listed, I have now added it after >googling it as an option, hopefully I won't get an issue to test it. > >Tim H > >On 18/04/2025 20:09, Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty via dorset wrote: >> If you use the "nofail" mount option in /etc/fstab, that should stop it from >> stopping the boot process. >> >> Best, >> >> Hamish >> >> On 18/04/2025 19:08, Hugh Frater wrote: >>> I access my on-prem nas (running trunas) using bookmarked ‘servers’ from >>> the gtk file manager. These then appear in a totally predictable >>> /var/run/user/1000/.gvfs folder. >>> >>> I also use a laptop but run it docked at the office where it can access the >>> nas, and undocked when not at the office. Zero issues with boot up hanging. >>> I’m running Garuda. >>> >>> Might be something you can look into? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 18 Apr 2025 at 17:34, Tim <t...@windriders.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>> So this morning, I turned my laptop on and nothing, Keyboard lit up, >>>> screen flashed but nothing appeared on screen and no boot process was >>>> seen on the screen, tried some random key combinations, but nothing >>>> changed, no flashing hard disk light, nothing seen on screen. After a >>>> couple of minutes I pressed the on\off button. >>>> >>>> I re-started the laptop and it started to bootup but complained about >>>> the UEFI partition having an error (SDA1). I used Rescatux07 a live >>>> boot USB to resolve that. But when restarting the laptop again I got as >>>> far as looking for the nas. It then failed to boot up as it could not >>>> find the nas (Nas is listed in my FSTAB to mount on bootup). >>>> >>>> I have checked Smart control on the disk and did not show any error or >>>> warnings. >>>> >>>> Now I have had this issue in the past where the failure to see the Nas >>>> at bootup hangs the bootup process. I had to boot from a live USB and >>>> disable the mount option in the FSTAB to get the Laptop to boot to a >>>> desktop (I am not aware of a way to do it from the emergency console). I >>>> was to find out later for what ever the reason the laptop could not >>>> connect to the nas (2 Windows PC could). I rebooted the nas and I was >>>> able to see it from my laptop I then re-enabled the FSTAB entry. >>>> >>>> To me there were two problems, one being the failure to bootup, then the >>>> failure to see the Nas which then breaks the bootup >>>> >>>> My question is, is there a way to stop the failure to find the nas at >>>> boot up from crashing the bootup process. I have have looked at Fstab >>>> option for mounting NFS, the only thing I can find is the intr option >>>> but reading nfs mount details suggest that INTR is default so should be >>>> working now. The NAS mount under /media and does not carry any files >>>> that are part of the main OS. The nas entry in fstab looks like this >>>> >>>> 192.168.18.150: volume1/Data /media/nas nfs defaults 0 0 >>>> >>>> Any thoughts? >>>> >>>> >>>> Tim H >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2025-05-06 20:00 >>>> Check to whom you are replying >>>> Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk >>>> New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk >>>> >> > >-- > Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2025-05-06 20:00 > Check to whom you are replying > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2025-05-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... https://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
