this appears to be happening in lucid 10.04.01 <code> cat boot.log Begin: Loading essential drivers... ... Done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... Done. Begin: Mounting root file system... ... Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ... Done. Begin: Running /scripts/local-premount ... Done. Begin: Running /scripts/local-bottom ... Done. Done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... Done. fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2 fsck from util-linux-ng 2.17.2 init: statd pre-start process (800) terminated with status 1 /dev/sda1: clean, 244437/14647296 files, 14616186/58564949 blocks mount.nfs: DNS resolution failed for 192.168.xxx.3: Name or service not known mount.nfs: DNS resolution failed for 192.168.xxx.8: Name or service not known mountall: mount /1backup [866] terminated with status 32 mountall: mount /0data/elf [864] terminated with status 32 init: ureadahead-other main process (872) terminated with status 4 mount.nfs: DNS resolution failed for 192.168.xxx.8: Name or service not known mountall: mount /0data/elf [890] terminated with status 32 mount.nfs: DNS resolution failed for 192.168.xxx.3: Name or service not known mountall: mount /1backup [893] terminated with status 32 * Starting AppArmor profiles Skipping profile in /etc/apparmor.d/disable: usr.bin.firefox </code>
mount -a causes nfs mounts to occur as desired/expected relevant contents of /etc/fstab # nfs mount of elf's data 192.168.xxx.8:/0data /0data/elf nfs nfsvers=3,rw 0 0 # nfs mount of public folder on qnap 192.168.xxx.3:/Public /1backup nfs nfsvers=3,rw 0 0 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504224 Title: NFS mounts at boot time prevent boot or print spurious errors -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs