FSTAB failing to mount on boot due to running before the network connection is established

[synthosomatic]

FSTAB failing to mount on boot due to running before the network connection is established -

As posted here, two more options should be added to your automount instructions so that ocamlfuse only mounts them when they're actually accessed.

"The current thinking is to modify your fstab declaration by adding two options to your list: noauto,x-systemd.automount:

//192.168.xx.xx/Media /mnt/Media cifs credentials=/home/xxxxx/.smbcredentials1,uid=xxxxx,noauto,x-systemd.automount 0 0

Then make systemd happy:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl restart remote-fs.target

noauto == makes it so it will not mount automatically at boot
x-systemd.automount == makes it so it will mount on demand

This may seem counterintuitive since you are telling it to not mount automatically but the way this works is it will mount only when the mount point is accessed. That can happen when you access it through Nautilus, or if you access it through another application, or you access it through a script, ....

The problem is fstab is being accessed way too early in the boot process so the network stack isn't fully operational and the cifs mount fails. After you log in everything should be operational so the automount now works and is why issuing a "mount -a" works."

[Wibol]

FSTAB failing to mount on boot due to running before the network connection is established -

You can use the '_netdev' mount option for avoid it:

//192.168.xx.xx/Media /mnt/Media cifs credentials=/home/xxxxx/.smbcredentials1,uid=xxxxx,noauto,x-systemd.automount,_netdev 0 0

[neilmstewart]

Thanks
_netdev worked for me