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Bug#838887: marked as done (Support 'nofail' option when mounting /usr)

Your message dated Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:08:45 +0100
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and subject line Re: Bug#838887: please dont bomb out on nofail option
has caused the Debian Bug report #838887,
regarding Support 'nofail' option when mounting /usr
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Package: initramfs-tools
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

when I looked for the last time (a few months ago), fstab entries
parsed by initramfs-tools or in initramfs MUST NOT contain the
"nofail" option. This is kind of surprising since some other fstab
entries MUST contain the "nofail" option to avoid systemd from bombing
out on boot.

This inconsistence makey it necessary to think in which lines to put
the nofail option and in which lines not.

Please consider tweaking initramfs-tools so that "nofail" can be in
all lines, with it being ignored in initramfs.

Greetings
Marc

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On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 20:48:18 +0200 Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
[...]
> I assume you mean that happens if the device is missing and 'nofail' is
> used (same as if 'nofail' wasn't used).
> 
> I may implement this but it's going to be low priority as /usr will be
> an absolute requirement for most systems in future.  I'm open to
> considering patches.

Since Debian 9 any separate /usr must be mounted by the initramfs, and
I don't believe it makes any sense to try running the init system
without it.  You can in any case disable mounting /usr by modifying
/root/etc/fstab from the panic shell.

Ben.

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              Among economists, the real world is often a special case.

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