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

[Xen]

Andrei Borzenkov schreef op 26-09-2016 18:56:
> 26.09.2016 17:58, Xen пишет:
>> Andrei Borzenkov schreef op 26-09-2016 15:28:
>> 
>>> What effect do you expect? If service Requires mount point and mount
>>> point is not available, service startup fails. That is correct and
>>> expected behavior. If service does not require mount point, service
>>> should be saying Wants and After. Which is at the end exactly what
>>> "nofail" does w.r.t. local-fs.target.
>> 
>> Point is that many services are not exactly vital for system booting 
>> and
>> I don't know how long it takes to get a maintainance prompt, if at 
>> all.
> 
> Emergency service (if you mean that) is entered only if local-fs.target
> fails, at least as shipped by upstream.

Maybe I never waited long enough to find out. It always seemed as if it 
would hang forever.

I've had my share of unreached local-fs.target but usually succumbed to 
init=/bin/bash (the only true init).

;-).

Just had a hanging Raise Network Interfaces in Debian Rescue mode ;-).