From eee28f57fc6c1c6942cb8df814858cf7a9bd0d32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Urlacher <christoph.urlacher@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:00:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] System: Replace NFS mounts "soft" option with "hard"

---
 system/nixinator/hardware-configuration.nix | 14 ++++++++------
 system/servenix/hardware-configuration.nix  | 12 ++++++------
 system/thinknix/hardware-configuration.nix  |  8 ++++----
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/system/nixinator/hardware-configuration.nix b/system/nixinator/hardware-configuration.nix
index f3dea76c..e3a1219a 100644
--- a/system/nixinator/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/system/nixinator/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@
     #   options = ["defaults" "rw" "noatime"];
     # };
 
-    # If  the bg option is specified, a timeout or failure causes the mount(8) command
+    # NOTE: By mounting NFS shares here, we risk the system becoming unusable when they disconnect (unless unmounted).
+
+    # If the bg option is specified, a timeout or failure causes the mount(8) command
     # to fork a child which continues to attempt to mount the export.
     # The parent immediately returns with a zero exit code.
     # This is known as a "background" mount.
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@
     "/home/${username}/Restic" = {
       device = "192.168.86.15:/volume1/NixinatorPersistence";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "noatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "noatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     # TrueNAS
@@ -102,25 +104,25 @@
     "/home/${username}/Movies" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Movies";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "noatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "noatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     "/home/${username}/Shows" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Shows";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "noatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "noatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     "/home/${username}/Music" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Music";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "noatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "noatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     "/media/Box" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Box";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/system/servenix/hardware-configuration.nix b/system/servenix/hardware-configuration.nix
index b50de257..b670419c 100644
--- a/system/servenix/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/system/servenix/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "/media/synology-syncthing" = {
       device = "192.168.86.15:/volume1/DockerVolumes";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     # TrueNAS
@@ -49,31 +49,31 @@
     "/media/Movie" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Movies";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     "/media/Show" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Shows";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     "/media/TV-Music" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Music";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     "/media/MusicVideos" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/MusicVideos";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     "/media/Box" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Box";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/system/thinknix/hardware-configuration.nix b/system/thinknix/hardware-configuration.nix
index 585704bb..4b855430 100644
--- a/system/thinknix/hardware-configuration.nix
+++ b/system/thinknix/hardware-configuration.nix
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "/media/synology-syncthing" = {
       device = "192.168.86.15:/volume1/DockerVolumes";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     # TrueNAS
@@ -45,19 +45,19 @@
     "/media/Movie" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Movies";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     "/media/Show" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Shows";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
 
     "/media/TV-Music" = {
       device = "192.168.86.20:/mnt/Seagate4TB/Music";
       fsType = "nfs";
-      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "soft"];
+      options = ["defaults" "rw" "relatime" "_netdev" "bg" "hard"];
     };
   };