systemd and filesystems with noauto

[Kevin Kofler]

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 at fedoraproject.org)
>> 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