[systemd-devel] Emergency mode if non-critical /etc/fstab entries are missing

[Oliver Neukum]

On Sun, 2016-09-25 at 23:57 +0200, Reindl Harald wrote:
> 
> Am 25.09.2016 um 23:52 schrieb Sergei Franco:
> > I am looking at correct way to disable the "feature" of emergency mode
> > when systemd encounters missing block device entires in fstab.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > the following entry is in /etc/fstab:
> > UUID=d4a23034-8cbe-44b3-92a5-3d38e1816eff /data               xfs
> > defaults        0       0
> >
> > If the drive (d4a23034-8cbe-44b3-92a5-3d38e1816eff) has been detached
> > and machine rebooted it stops booting with Emergency mode, even though
> > the /data is not crucial for boot
> 
> RTFM - when you don't say "nofail" it's ecpected to be crucial
> 
> your entry says it's crucial

That in turn raises the question why the default should be different
than what is used in earlier systems.

	Regards
		Oliver