CIFS VFS error -101 - can't boot

[Stephen Allen]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 04:32:44PM -0800, Noah Garrett Wallach wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> What is the best way to fix the following issue?
> 
> I have an external drive that has failed and not reachable auto mounted in
> the /etc/fstab .
> 
> Now one of my linux servers is not booting.  I am using the LVM file system
> which I am not completely familiar with mounting from the rescue mode.
> 
> The error that is on the screen at the time of it hanging during boot
> says
> 
> --- snip ---
> CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation
> CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
> --- snip ---
> 
> 
> What are my options here?

Did you try any of the solutions here? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=cifs_mount+failed+w%2Freturn+code+%3D+-101#