hello, i encountered this experience with placing auto mountable smbfs in /etc/fstab
if this is the case try the solution: 1) place a noauto option in your /etc/fstab smbfs entry 2) mount network shares using /etc/rc.local if your network share is to be mounted to /mnt/shared then within /etc/rc.local place mount /mnt/shared the mount command will further check fstab for correct mount options Placing it in /etc/rc.local ensures that all modules are loaded before mounting the network share. Hope this helps.... -- auto smbfs mount in /etc/fstab causes hald hang at boot https://launchpad.net/bugs/44874 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs