On Tue 06 Aug 2019 at 12:18:21 (-0500), Dennis Wicks wrote: > Thomas Schmitt wrote on 8/6/19 10:30 AM: > > Dennis Wicks wrote: > > > I *cannot* mount *any* partition on /wa1 > > > but I *can* mount *any* partition on any other mount point. > > > > So what do you get from these shell commands ? > I am currently running with "ln -s /wa11 /wa1" so this isn't the > config I booted with. Anyway; > > > > ls -ld /wa1 /wa11 > > wix@dgwicks:~$ ls -ld /wa1 /wa11 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Aug 1 17:40 /wa1 -> wa11 > drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4096 Jun 17 14:07 /wa11 > wix@dgwicks:~$ > > > > > find /wa1 > > wix@dgwicks:~$ cd / > wix@dgwicks:/$ find /wa1 > /wa1 > wix@dgwicks:/$ lg wa1 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Aug 1 17:40 wa1 -> wa11/ > drwxrwxrwx 17 root root 4.0K Jun 17 14:07 wa11/ > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Aug 1 17:43 www -> wa1/www/ > wix@dgwicks:/$ > > > > > What happens if you create a new /wa1 ? > > > > mv /wa1 /wa1_old > > mkdir /wa1 > > mount /dev/sdb2 /wa1 > > > > Same failure. One of the many things I tried to get the mount on /wa1 > to work, without any success.
Shouldn't that fail with: ~# mkdir /wa1 ~# mount /dev/sda4 /wa1 mount: /dev/sda4 is already mounted or /wa1 busy /dev/sda4 is already mounted on /ya ~# > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > As for your fstab, there is this "x-systemd.device-timeout=20" where > > all others have "=60". But the web says this is for automounting. > > This param is to stop the boot process from stopping because all of > the mounts have failed, temporarily. A previous thread from a few > weeks(?) back. > > > > I fail to imagine any explanation for the symptoms you report. Especially > > the silent failure riddles me. Unfortunately there's too much reported speech in this thread, and not enough direct speech. Some timely copy/paste might help. > Me too! Happens during boot and when done manually! Cheers, David.