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by a2128 501 days ago
Over on the Linux side, I installed Vanilla OS recently and it has a Samba service (nmbd.service) as a bootup dependency, which waits for a non-loopback IPv4 interface to be available. So if you're on a laptop which is not connected to WiFi, it will just hang for 90 seconds on the bootup screen before systemd decides that service has failed to start and moves on
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fransje26 500 days ago
It's a classic. I haven't played around with Samba in a long time, but if I remember correctly, you can either:

- configure SMB with a shorter timeout at boot

- configure your Samba share to mount with automount. (See [1] for inspiration)

[1] https://forum.manjaro.org/t/root-tip-how-to-systemd-mount-un...

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Saris 499 days ago
I never understood why it waits so long, surely maybe 2-3 seconds would be plenty as a default.
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honestSysAdmin 500 days ago
You're in good hands.

  https://vanillaos.org/team
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