[systemd-devel] x-initrd.mount option

[Silvio Knizek]

Am Freitag, dem 02.05.2025 um 16:43 -0400 schrieb Kaizaad Bilimorya:
> Hello,
>   
> $ systemctl --version  
> systemd 252 (252-46.el9_5.3.alma.1)
> 
> I was trying to use the "x-initrd.mount" option for some tooling in a mount unit file (instead of using it in fstab and having to parse for it) but it only seems to work in fstab.  
> The documentation   
> [https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.mount.html#x-initrd.mount](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd.mount.html#x-initrd.mount)  
> doesn't seem to include the line:  
> "Note that this option can only be used in /etc/fstab, and will be ignored when part of the Options= setting in a unit file."   
> as some other options do so I thought it should be able to work in a mount unit file. This is probably due to my lack of understanding of the way it works though it would be nice if the documentation stated this explicitly as it does for other options.
> 
> Thanks  
> -k  
> --  
> Kaizaad Bilimorya  
> Systems Administrator - SHARCNET | [http://www.sharcnet.ca](http://www.sharcnet.ca)  
> Digital Research Alliance of Canada

Hi Kaizaad,

if you need a mount in the initrd, than put a proper fstab in the initrd.

But maybe you can elaborate what you actually want to achieve. Because

> (instead of using it in fstab and having to parse for it)

sounds wrong.

BR  
Silvio
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