>> I tried the obvious like mounting the USB disk in /etc/fstab and giving it
>> a lower pass no. than the encrypted partitions. But turns out that doesn't
>> work.
>
> The pass number in /etc/fstab only affects the fsck order.
Thanks. I guess I'll have to write a script or something then ...
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- Rakhesh
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