On 2020-09-11, NY  wrote:
> Solved it! I should have used the keyword nofail to prevent boot stalling if
> the drive isn't present:
>
> /dev/sda1 /home/pi/ext ntfs
> defaults,nofail,umask=000,x-systemd.device-timeout=30 0 0
>
>
https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/75765/how-to-boot-without-mount
ing-a-drive-present-during-booting
> gave me that information.

i had the exact same problem but didn't took the time to investigate.
thank you very much for the info, you save me the effort :)

> The consequences of the drive not being present are fairly catastrophic
> because the Pi is used as a TV recorder which expects to write its
> recordings to the USB drive, but its better that the Pi at least boots than
> that it just stops dead in its tracks and throws its toys out of the pram.
>
> The chances of me failing to plug the drive in are fairly remote: it only
> happened because I moved the Pi from the TV back to my PC to investigate why
> I'm not getting any sound, either analogue through the 3.5 mm jack or HDMI
> to the TV, and forgot to bring the external drive with me.

yes, i have somehow the same problem.  my chances to forget to plug my
usb drive are low, but it happened already!

-f6k

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