This bug has not been tagged before as 'wily' and unfortunately I have created a duplicate bug report of this one, not being able to find it earlier. A few more observations from my original bug report: It looks like the network is not up when the mounting is done however systemd dependencies as well as unit files generated from /etc/fstab seem to be OK $ tail -2 /etc/fstab # Media Library disk.lan:/volume1/Library /media/Library nfs rw,async,auto,nfsvers=3 0 0 $ systemd-analyze dot media-Library.mount digraph systemd { "remote-fs.target"->"media-Library.mount" [color="green"]; "remote-fs.target"->"media-Library.mount" [color="black"]; "media-Library.mount"->"network-online.target" [color="green"]; "media-Library.mount"->"remote-fs-pre.target" [color="green"]; "media-Library.mount"->"systemd-journald.socket" [color="green"]; "media-Library.mount"->"system.slice" [color="green"]; "media-Library.mount"->"network.target" [color="green"]; "media-Library.mount"->"-.mount" [color="green"]; "media-Library.mount"->"-.mount" [color="black"]; "media-Library.mount"->"system.slice" [color="grey66"]; "media-Library.mount"->"network-online.target" [color="grey66"]; "media-Library.mount"->"umount.target" [color="red"]; "umount.target"->"media-Library.mount" [color="green"]; "umount.target"->"media-Library.mount" [color="red"]; } Color legend: black = Requires dark blue = Requisite dark grey = Wants red = Conflicts green = After Despite the correct dependency between "media-Library.mount" and the "network-online.target" looking at the journal log reveals that the network is not yet started when the "network-online.target" is reached. $ journalctl --boot _COMM=systemd _COMM=NetworkManager Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Hostname Service... Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Started Hostname Service. Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: NetworkManager (version 1.0.4) is starting... Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: Read config: /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Started Network Manager. Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: VPN: loaded org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.pptp Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Reached target Network. Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: DNS: loaded plugin dnsmasq Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Reached target Network is Online. Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Mounting /media/Library... Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Starting /etc/rc.local Compatibility... Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: init! Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: update_system_hostname Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Started /etc/rc.local Compatibility. Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: interface-parser: parsing file /etc/network/interfaces Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Started Authenticate and Authorize Users to Run Privileged Tasks. Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: interface-parser: finished parsing file /etc/network/inter Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: management mode: unmanaged Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: devices added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:0 Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: device added (path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.1/0000:02 Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: devices added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo) Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: device added (path: /sys/devices/virtual/net/lo, iface: lo): no Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: end _init. The interesting sequence cut from the log above ... Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Reached target Network is Online. Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost systemd[1]: Mounting /media/Library... ... Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: init! ... Dez 04 15:16:55 localhost NetworkManager[693]: end _init.