Automount from fstab Failing On Boot Due To Network Not Available

[stevenkipping]

Hi
I have a Ubuntu server running as my NAS with 5 drives of media, these are shared with Samba.
My Vero4K has a USB network card and it is hard wired to my network along with the server.
The problem I have is that the automount doesn’t work during the Vero4K booting up. I set the wait for network option in OSMC/Kodi, but this doesn’t seem to help anymore.
I’ve put an excerpt of a log of one of the drives trying to automount at start up.
Once OSMC is running I can ssh into the Vero and run
sudo mount -a
and all drives mount fine.
What can I do to fix this?
Thanks

Jun 24 14:46:13 osmc ntpd[2915]: Soliciting pool server 85.199.214.100
Jun 24 14:46:13 osmc ntpd[2915]: Soliciting pool server 81.21.65.168
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc ntpd[2915]: Soliciting pool server 103.219.22.112
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc ntpd[2915]: Soliciting pool server 139.162.219.252
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc ntpd[2915]: Soliciting pool server 195.171.43.10
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Rx status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: Stop submitting intr, status -71
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc avahi-daemon[2329]: Interface eth1.IPv4 no longer relevant for mDNS.
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc avahi-daemon[2329]: Leaving mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 10.0.0.232.
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: (null) {RX} 58 packets 10134 bytes
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: (null) {TX} 45 packets 6029 bytes
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: (null) {update} flags 36866 <DOWN>
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: USB disconnect, device number 6
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc avahi-daemon[2329]: Withdrawing address record for 10.0.0.232 on eth1.
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 4 address 00:E0:4C:32:E7:9C mtu 1500
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 4 operstate 2 <DOWN>
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: Removing default gateway route failed (No such device)
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: Deleting host route failed (No such device)
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: Removing default gateway route failed (No such device)
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: (null) {del} address 10.0.0.232/24 label eth1
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {dellink} index 4 operstate 2 <DOWN>
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: (null) {RX} 58 packets 10134 bytes
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: (null) {TX} 45 packets 6029 bytes
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: (null) {remove} index 4
Jun 24 14:46:14 osmc connmand[2357]: Remove interface (null) [ ethernet ]
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc ntpd[2915]: Soliciting pool server 178.215.228.24
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc ntpd[2915]: Soliciting pool server 217.114.59.3
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc ntpd[2915]: error resolving pool 3.debian.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc ntpd[2915]: error resolving pool 0.debian.pool.ntp.org: Name or service not known (-2)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: new high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci-hcd
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=8153
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=6
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: Product: USB 10/100/1000 LAN
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: Manufacturer: Realtek
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: SerialNumber: 000001000000
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: Unsupported device
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: Unsupported device
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 7 using xhci-hcd
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/FJData1, triggered by 2925 (JobWorker)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/FJData1...
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: Key type cifs.spnego registered
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: Key type cifs.idmap registered
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2948]: mount error(101): Network is unreachable
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2948]: Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=32/n/a
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/FJData1.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/FJData1, triggered by 2925 (JobWorker)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/FJData1...
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2955]: mount error(101): Network is unreachable
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2955]: Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: v2.15.0 (2021/04/15)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: This product is covered by one or more of the following patents:
                                             US6,570,884, US6,115,776, and US6,327,625.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=32/n/a
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/FJData1.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {create} index 5 type 1 <ETHER>
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {update} flags 4098 <DOWN>
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 5 address 00:E0:4C:32:E7:9C mtu 1500
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 5 operstate 2 <DOWN>
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: Adding interface eth1 [ ethernet ]
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/FJData1, triggered by 2925 (JobWorker)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {update} flags 36931 <UP,RUNNING>
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 5 address 00:E0:4C:32:E7:9C mtu 1500
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 5 operstate 0 <UNKNOWN>
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {update} flags 36867 <UP>
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 5 address 00:E0:4C:32:E7:9C mtu 1500
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 5 operstate 2 <DOWN>
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd-udevd[2739]: Using default interface naming scheme 'v240'.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/FJData1...
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2958]: mount error(101): Network is unreachable
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2958]: Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=32/n/a
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/FJData1.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/FJData1, triggered by 2925 (JobWorker)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/FJData1...
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2962]: mount error(101): Network is unreachable
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2962]: Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=32/n/a
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/FJData1.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData2.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/FJData2, triggered by 2923 (JobWorker)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/FJData2...
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: usb 1-1: new low-speed USB device number 8 using xhci-hcd
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/FJData1, triggered by 2925 (JobWorker)
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/FJData1...
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: Error connecting to socket. Aborting operation.
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2965]: mount error(101): Network is unreachable
Jun 24 14:46:15 osmc mount[2965]: Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData2.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=32/n/a
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData2.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc kernel: CIFS VFS: cifs_mount failed w/return code = -101
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/FJData2.
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData2.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/FJData2, triggered by 2923 (JobWorker)
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc mount[2968]: mount error(101): Network is unreachable
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc mount[2968]: Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: Mounting /mnt/FJData2...
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Mount process exited, code=exited, status=32/n/a
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/FJData1.
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.automount: Got automount request for /mnt/FJData1, triggered by 2925 (JobWorker)
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Start request repeated too quickly.
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.mount: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: Failed to mount /mnt/FJData1.
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc systemd[1]: mnt-FJData1.automount: Failed with result 'mount-start-limit-hit'.
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc mount[2972]: mount error(101): Network is unreachable
Jun 24 14:46:16 osmc mount[2972]: Refer to the mount.cifs(8) manual page (e.g. man mount.cifs)

[stevenkipping]

I can also see in the logs that the ethernet seems to come up after the automount attempts

Jun 24 14:46:18 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {add} route fe80:: gw :: scope 0 <UNIVERSE>
Jun 24 14:46:18 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {update} flags 102467 <UP,RUNNING,LOWER_UP>
Jun 24 14:46:18 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 5 address 00:E0:4C:32:E7:9C mtu 1500
Jun 24 14:46:18 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {newlink} index 5 operstate 6 <UP>
Jun 24 14:46:18 osmc kernel: IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
Jun 24 14:46:18 osmc kernel: r8152 1-2:1.0 eth1: carrier on
Jun 24 14:46:18 osmc connmand[2357]: ipconfig state 3 ipconfig method 1
Jun 24 14:46:18 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {del} route fe80:: gw :: scope 0 <UNIVERSE>
Jun 24 14:46:24 osmc avahi-daemon[2329]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 10.0.0.232.
Jun 24 14:46:24 osmc avahi-daemon[2329]: New relevant interface eth1.IPv4 for mDNS.
Jun 24 14:46:24 osmc avahi-daemon[2329]: Registering new address record for 10.0.0.232 on eth1.IPv4.
Jun 24 14:46:24 osmc connmand[2357]: Setting domainname to localdomain
Jun 24 14:46:24 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {add} address 10.0.0.232/24 label eth1 family 2
Jun 24 14:46:24 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {add} route 10.0.0.0 gw 0.0.0.0 scope 253 <LINK>
Jun 24 14:46:24 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {add} route 10.0.0.1 gw 0.0.0.0 scope 253 <LINK>
Jun 24 14:46:24 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {add} route 0.0.0.0 gw 10.0.0.1 scope 0 <UNIVERSE>
Jun 24 14:46:24 osmc connmand[2357]: eth1 {add} route 82.165.8.211 gw 10.0.0.1 scope 0 <UNIVERSE>
Jun 24 14:46:26 osmc ntpd[2915]: Listen normally on 5 eth1 10.0.0.232:123
Jun 24 14:46:26 osmc ntpd[2915]: new interface(s) found: waking up resolver

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@stevenkipping

I can also see in the logs that the ethernet seems to come up after the automount attempts

Do you have “Wait for Network” activated in MyOSMC → Network?
Alternatively I recommend the usage of autofs.

[stevenkipping]

Hi, thanks foir the reply. Yes I have Wait for Network activated (I will double check in a bit).
I’ve never used autofs, but I assume the configuration would be similar to fstab?

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@stevenkipping

similar to fstab?

Yes very similar

Mounting network shares with autofs (alternative to fstab)

This how-to describes how to mount your network shares via autofs. Autofs should be as performant as fstab based mounting but has the advantage that your shares are mounted on demand which also should give you more reliability in case of network interuptions. First install the autofs package sudo apt-get install autofs If you already have mounted your shares already via fstab comment out that line in fstab and reboot. For this how-to we are going to use a directory for each server, if you wa…

[stevenkipping]

Thanks, I think this could solve my issues, as I’m sure it’s also dropped the mounts after they were working in the past and I don’t believe anything rebooted. I’ll look into it

[stevenkipping]

I’ve switched to autofs and it appears to be working very well now, thanks for this suggestion. I knew this forum would come up with a good answer