Maybe rootdelay=10 don't do the trick, i think mounting all drives is done a bit later in the boot process. But i tested another little workaround, look in /etc/rcS.d for S08checkfs.sh and edit this file as follows: #! /bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides:          checkfs # Required-Start:    checkroot # Required-Stop: # Should-Start: # Default-Start:     S # Default-Stop: # X-Interactive:     true # Short-Description: Check all filesystems. ### END INIT INFO # Include /usr/bin in path to