[SOLVED] systemd boot fails - Removable on fstab

Question

Just converted to the dark (systemd) side.
Very straight forward, simple and easy enough.
I have one problem with boot process.
I have three usb devices that i use frequently, below is my fstab
# Removable Media
UUID=6e4bc1aa-3414-48b9-9598-5eedfaadbe2b /media/FreeAgent1 ext4 defaults,user 0 0
UUID=14219291-0703-45b6-95db-976c5b7c3b7b /media/FreeAgent2 ext4 defaults,user 0 0
UUID=0590bbe0-d098-4f81-a9c7-c72654aa54a5 /media/Sandisk ext4 defaults,user 0 0
USB devices at the moment arent on the pc.
With init process, everything was fine.
Boot process gave me prompt.
With systemd, my archlinux box doesnt boot (at all)
http://ebalaskas.gr/img/systemd_removeable.png
Reading https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=146982 & http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/s … 06292.html
i get the feeling that perhaps is a bug.
But i am not sure.
The emergency mode (^D) doesnt work either - keyboard seemed dead.
Used old transitional init=/bin/sh to comment out the removable devices from my fstab
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Last edited by ebal (2012-08-24 06:43:52)

Answer 1

ebal wrote:
Nothing is needed to be done to fstab file !
it shouldnt
it mustnt
with the heck i must edit my fstab cause systemd doesnt have a proper function to timeout when there are devices that are not present at boot time !!!
That dont even make sense.
Thank you all for your answers but PLZ ... try to focus on the actual problem that systemd is failing to boot and not to fstab !
btw from my first post i 've already mentioned that i commented out these entries just to boot with systemd.
what is the problem with using nofail or noauto,x-systemd.automount? systemd does the right thing here, it tries to mount the device on boot and waits for it - it's just that the timeout is very long (afaik 90 seconds).
the only reason this worked with initscripts is that afaik initscripts just tries to mount the device and won't wait for it if it isn't there, but instead just fails immediately. While this worked, it was still the wrong approach. You should have added noauto or nofail in the first place.