How do I mount from fstab without interruption if the drive isn't available?

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I would like to have a drive mounted during boot, but only if it's available. I have an entry for it now in fstab, but if it's not available boot halts. Is there a way to have to format the fstab line so that the drive mounts if available and ignores it if it isn't?

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score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 03 '18 at 14:49

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Add the nofail-option to your fstab-line. Example:

/dev/disk/by-label/archiv  /media/archiv  ext4   rw,noexec,nofail   0   0

answered Oct 03 '18 at 14:49

mook765

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Just added 'nofail' and it works wonderfully. Thanks! – Christian Oct 03 '18 at 18:33

How do I mount from fstab without interruption if the drive isn't available?

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