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Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda: device is closed, synthesising 'change' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda: device is closed, synthesising 'change' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda1 Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda: device is closed, synthesising 'change' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda2 Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda: device is closed, synthesising 'change' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda3 Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda: device is closed, synthesising 'change' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda4 Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda: device is closed, synthesising 'change' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda5 Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda: device is closed, synthesising 'change' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda6 Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda: device is closed, synthesising 'change' on /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1f.2/ata1/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/block/sda/sda7 Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda7: Inotify event: 8000 for /dev/sda7 // IN_IGNORED ? Oct 27 10:04:09 localhost systemd-udevd[272]: sda7: Removing watch What would be the correct solution here, as the IN_IGNORED means "Watch was removed explicitly (inotify_rm_watch(2)) or automatically (file was deleted, or filesystem was unmounted)." So looks like systemd behavior looks fine, and the only option would be to cancel contradicting events, which would be the next race condition. Sounds to me like the only fix is to make sure that all event-queues are processed before proceeding with mounting stuff, after expand-on-first-boot, right? best regards raphael