Tim here. The typical way I've heard of doing this is 1) edit your /etc/fstab so that your mount is set to "noauto" rather than "auto". This prevents it from automatically mounting and causing the delay. Then 2) create a crontab entry to mount it: $ sudo crontab -e and add a line like @reboot mount /path/to/raid /mount/where/you/want/your/raid This will mount the RAID device later in the boot process while still allowing the rest of the system to boot. This assumes that the RAID is to be mounted by root for system-wide access. If you're mounting it as a user, you can do it in your ~/.xsession (or your window-manager's startup script/file such as ~/.fluxbox/startup). Note that (somewhat obviously) this only works if the boot process doesn't require anything on that RAID device. -tim On May 27, 2021, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > I have a raid array that I use for storage, and it takes a while > for it to be mounted. This causes a delay, sometimes quite > significant, before the login prompt appears. Is there a way to > cause a /etc/fstab entry to be delayed? I know I could always mount > the array manually after login, but I'd rather not if I can avoid > it. > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list