Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 20:55:40 +0100 From: Andrew Brampton <brampton+freebsd-fs@gmail.com> To: freebsd-fs <freebsd-fs@freebsd.org> Subject: Auto mount and ignore errors Message-ID: <d41814900903311255s12105cedj61b498aa207d0dbf@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, Recently my server hung on a reboot because it was unable to fsck a ext2 file system. This was because I didn't have the ext2 fsck tool installed (I do now). The partition in question was however not important, yet I listed it as "auto" in fstab. I would have preferred if my server noticed the problem, failed to mount it and just continue booting as normal. I tried the "late" option in the fstab but that just seem to hang the server later in the boot. So my question is, is there a fstab option which will ignore a failed mount, and if possible continue to boot? I've read the man page, and did a bit of googling, but didn't find anything. Would there be any objection to a patch which implemented a "ignerror" flag? thanks Andrew
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