fstab: automatically mounting external hd at boottime if available

[blind Pete]

Wim Bertels wrote:

> Hallo,
> 
> is there a way to configure fstab in such a way that,
> when booting the system:
> - when the external hd is connected: mount the external hd
> - when the external hd is not connected: don't wait for a user
> intervention, just continue.
> 
> i'm using
> 
> nofail, auto
> 
> in fstab,
> which doesn't seem to work
> 
> mvg,
> Wim

New options become available.  Old options change their behavior.  

"man fstab" says that there is a "nobootwait" now.  

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