Note: This is after initramfs does its work successfully. Real root /etc/fstab entry: UUID="BD3B-03BD" /mnt/chuan vfat noatime 0 2 Status: # systemctl status mnt-chuan.mount ● mnt-chuan.mount - /mnt/chuan Loaded: loaded (/etc/fstab) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2015-07-12 17:28:55 PDT; 7min ago Where: /mnt/chuan What: /dev/disk/by-uuid/BD3B-03BD Docs: man:fstab(5) man:systemd-fstab-generator(8) Process: 1028 ExecMount=/bin/mount /dev/disk/by-uuid/BD3B-03BD /mnt/chuan -n -t vfat -o noatime (code=exited, status=219/CGROUP) Log (journalctl): Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/chuan... Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1]: mnt-chuan.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=219 Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/chuan. Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1]: mnt-chuan.mount: Unit entered failed state. Log around this time: Jul 12 17:28:54 limelight systemd[1]: Found device Silicon-Power16G CHUAN. Jul 12 17:28:54 limelight systemd[1]: Starting File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/BD3B-03BD... ... Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1]: Started File System Check on /dev/disk/by-uuid/BD3B-03BD. Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/chuan... Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1028]: mnt-chuan.mount: Failed at step CGROUP spawning /bin/mount: No such file or directory Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1]: mnt-chuan.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited status=219 Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/chuan. Jul 12 17:28:55 limelight systemd[1]: mnt-chuan.mount: Unit entered failed state. Workaround is to add nofail to options. Without that, systemd enters into emergency mode. Setting pass to 0 does not make things work either. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have entry in /etc/fstab: UUID="XXXX-XXXX" /mnt/chuan vfat noatime 0 2 2. Boot Actual Results: Does not mount. 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IIRC this partition contains a key for a LUKS device (bug 551532), thus it should be mounted inside initramfs. Maybe systemd tries to mount it second time after switching root? Could you provide a journal output (e.g. "journalctl -b")?
Yes, it is mounted again by real root because it is in my /etc/fstab there. I don't need it to be but I was concerned about unsafe unmounts of the disk due to switch root which just 'quits' (it seems anyway) and leaves the partition in dirty state. The goal of keeping it in my real root's fstab was getting the fsck at least, even if I had to unmount manually afterwards.
Is this still valid with systemd-225?
could you try with a newer version like 233? Thanks
