How do I automount a disk without the system crashing with the disk missing?

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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. If I add the volume to /etc/fstab, it works, but if the disk is removed and the system rebooted, it tries to mount the disk, fails, and drops me into a recovery shell. How do I make the volume automount, but not stop the boot process if the disk is missing?










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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. If I add the volume to /etc/fstab, it works, but if the disk is removed and the system rebooted, it tries to mount the disk, fails, and drops me into a recovery shell. How do I make the volume automount, but not stop the boot process if the disk is missing?










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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. If I add the volume to /etc/fstab, it works, but if the disk is removed and the system rebooted, it tries to mount the disk, fails, and drops me into a recovery shell. How do I make the volume automount, but not stop the boot process if the disk is missing?










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I'm using Ubuntu 18.04. If I add the volume to /etc/fstab, it works, but if the disk is removed and the system rebooted, it tries to mount the disk, fails, and drops me into a recovery shell. How do I make the volume automount, but not stop the boot process if the disk is missing?







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  • Related: Cannot boot because missing external disk
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  • Related: Cannot boot because missing external disk
    – Mark Plotnick
    Aug 31 at 0:56















Related: Cannot boot because missing external disk
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Aug 31 at 0:56




Related: Cannot boot because missing external disk
– Mark Plotnick
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