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@Steve Langasek
Looks like you misunderstood us.
> The 'nofail' option is documented as:
> do not report errors for this device if it does not exist.
> The problem you're describing is not one of reporting errors, but a lack of timeout while waiting for a device to become available on boot. 'nofail' is not a correct option to use for this.
When 'external sas device is down' or 'drive is not always connected' the device does not exist (and most probably would not become available in close future) and we want to suppress any errors related to this fact. In this case 'nofail' option seems to fit perfectly.