Let me explain what I think Lennart meant with those "And?" replies:
Garrett Holmstrom wrote:
> Lennart Poettering wrote:
>> On Mon, 23.08.10 10:52, Garrett Holmstrom (gholms@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
>> wrote:
>>> * Removable media that appear in fstab are usually marked noauto
>>
>> And?
>
> Systemd should not try to mount them because the administrator
> explicitly asked for them to *not* be mounted. There is no sense trying
> to mount a device with no media just because it appears in fstab.
A removable media device with no media in it cannot and will not be mounted
anyway.
>>> * I mount large filesystems after the boot process finishes so fscking
>>> doesn't pause booting at $dayjob
>>
>> And?
>
> Systemd should not try to mount them because the administrator
> explicitly asked for them to *not* be mounted. Doing otherwise while
> ignoring noauto semantics could delay booting for hours if long-running
> fscks are triggered.
The whole idea of the semantics being discussed is that the boot process
will NOT block on those file systems, so I don't see why this would be an
issue.
But I do see your other points. I'm just trying to explain what, I guess,
the laconic "And?" replies meant.
Kevin Kofler
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