#!/usr/bin/env bash # # JbTecWiz Support Centre -- generated fix script # # Fault : Boot drops to emergency mode after an fstab change # Fix : Make a network mount safe at boot # Source: https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-fstab-emergency # # Run as : Emergency shell, then normal shell # Expect : 20 minutes # Risk : low # Reversible : yes # # WHEN THIS IS THE RIGHT FIX # An NFS or CIFS entry is stalling or failing the boot. # # HOW TO UNDO IT # Comment the line out and reboot. # # Walks the fix one step at a time and asks before each. Steps with no # command are yours to do -- it prints those and waits. DRYRUN=1 prints # without executing; UNATTENDED=1 does not ask. # # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # NO WARRANTY - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK # # This script is provided by JbTecWiz as-is and with no warranty of any # kind, express or implied. You run it entirely at your own risk. # # JbTecWiz accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from its # use, including but not limited to data loss, downtime, or configuration # changes that turn out to be wrong for your system. # # You are responsible for reading this script before running it, for # satisfying yourself that it suits the machine in front of you, and for # having a working backup first. Some steps cannot be undone. # -------------------------------------------------------------------- set -uo pipefail DRYRUN="${DRYRUN:-0}" UNATTENDED="${UNATTENDED:-0}" failed=0 rule() { printf "\n%s\n" "$(printf '-%.0s' $(seq 1 70))"; if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then echo "$1"; fi; } prose() { echo "$1" | fold -s -w 74 | sed "s/^/ /"; } # Returns 0 when the caller should run the command, 1 when it should not. # A manual step always returns 1 -- there is nothing for the caller to run. step() { # step [command lines...] local n="$1" dotext="$2" why="$3" mode="$4"; shift 4 rule " Step $n of 5" prose "$dotext" if [ -n "$why" ]; then echo; prose "$why"; fi if [ "$mode" = "manual" ]; then echo; echo " -> Do this yourself, then press Enter to carry on." if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r _; fi return 1 fi echo; printf " %s\n" "$@"; echo if [ "$DRYRUN" = "1" ]; then echo " (dry run -- not executed)"; return 1; fi if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Run this step? [Y]es / [S]kip / [Q]uit " a case "$a" in [Qq]*) echo " Stopped at your request."; exit 0 ;; [Ss]*) echo " Skipped."; return 1 ;; esac fi return 0 } rule echo " Boot drops to emergency mode after an fstab change" echo " Make a network mount safe at boot" echo echo " Risk: low Reversible 20 minutes" echo prose 'No warranty. Use at your own risk - JbTecWiz accepts no liability. Read it before you run it, and have a backup.' rule echo if [ "$UNATTENDED" = "0" ] && [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then read -r -p " Ready? [y/N] " go case "$go" in [Yy]*) ;; *) echo " Nothing was changed."; exit 0;; esac fi if step 1 'Get to a writable root as above.' '' cmd 'mount -o remount,rw /'; then mount -o remount,rw / if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 1 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi if step 2 'Add the options that tell systemd this mount needs the network and must not be fatal.' '' cmd 'vi /etc/fstab'; then vi /etc/fstab if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 2 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi step 3 'The options to use are _netdev,nofail plus a timeout -- for example: `//fs01/share /mnt/share cifs credentials=/etc/smb-creds,_netdev,nofail,x-systemd.device-timeout=10 0 0`' '_netdev orders the mount after the network is up. Without it systemd tries to mount before there is a route and the failure is fatal.' manual || true step 4 'Consider x-systemd.automount so the share is mounted on first access rather than at boot.' 'This decouples the boot from the file server entirely -- the machine comes up whether or not the share is reachable.' manual || true if step 5 'Reload and test without rebooting.' '' cmd 'systemctl daemon-reload' 'mount -a'; then systemctl daemon-reload mount -a if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then failed=$((failed+1)) echo " Step 5 failed. The rest of the fix may depend on it." >&2 fi fi rule " Confirm it worked" prose 'The system boots and the share mounts, or is absent without blocking anything.' if [ "$DRYRUN" = "0" ]; then findmnt /mnt/share; systemctl is-system-running fi rule if [ "$failed" -gt 0 ]; then echo " Finished with $failed failed step(s)." echo " Read the full write-up at https://jbtecwiz.com/support/lnx-fstab-emergency" else echo " Finished." fi echo prose 'To undo: Comment the line out and reboot.' rule