How about using the automounter instead of /etc/fstab? Bill Sebok Computer Software Manager, Univ. of Maryland, Astronomy Internet: wls at astro.umd.edu URL: http://furo.astro.umd.edu/ On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:00:31AM -0500, Jonathan Lefman wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to find the correct set of options to put in the fstab entry > for my mount so that failed glusterfs mounts will be ignored on bootup > instead of hanging the boot process for manual intervention. For example, > I would like to use something the nfs option "bg" to do a background mount > - see http://linux.die.net/man/5/nfs > > Thanks, > > Jon