Linux Administration Cookbook

systemd-mount

If you want to be new and trendy, you might want to use systemd-mount instead of the decrepit (emphasis mine) fstab.

First, create our local unit directory if it doesn't already exist from our previous chapters:

$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/systemd/system

Then, populate a new file with the following:

$ sudo tee /usr/local/lib/systemd/system/srv.mount << HERE[Unit]Description=Mounting our logical volume as srv[Mount]What=/dev/mapper/VolGroup01-Home3Where=/srvType=btrfsOptions=defaults[Install]WantedBy=multi-user.targetHERE

Now, we can start and enable our mount:

$ sudo systemctl enable --now srv.mountCreated symlink from /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/srv.mount to /usr/local/lib/systemd/system/srv.mount.

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