[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 22490 - eelco - in nixos/trunk: . lib lib/test-driver modules modules/config modules/installer/grub modules/services/databases modules/services/hardware modules/services/network-filesystems modules/services/network

[Eelco Dolstra]

Hi,

On 07/06/2010 11:46 AM, Eelco Dolstra wrote:

>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 11:17, Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra at tudelft.nl> wrote:
>>> Log:
>>> * Merge the boot-order branch.  The main improvement is that it uses
>>>  mountall to mount filesystems and starts certain jobs (e.g., X11,
>>>  console logins, databases) only after all filesystems have been
>>>  mounted.  If any filesystem fails to mount, an emergency shell is
>>>  started to allow the user to fix the problem.
>>
>> How do it handle the nfs mount when I am not on the right network?
>>
>> I have a nfs mount when I am at my home but I guess this will cause a
>> failure and start the emergency shell each time I am on another
>> network or even out of range.
> 
> No, failing remote filesystems do not trigger a "mount-failed" event (and thus
> the emergency shell) unless you set the "bootwait" mount option

Addendum: the "bootwait" option is implied for filesystems mounted under /usr
and /var.  Lluís ran into this.  You can now set "nobootwait" to override.

-- 
Eelco Dolstra | http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~dolstra/