This perhaps gives a hint? Nov 15 10:21:15 wolfgang-lt nfs[2176]: Mounting network file systems ... Nov 15 10:21:15 wolfgang-lt nm-dispatcher[2224]: mount.nfs: /mnt/backup is busy or already mounted Nov 15 10:21:15 wolfgang-lt nm-dispatcher[2224]: Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/nfs' exited with error status 32. Nov 15 10:21:15 wolfgang-lt NetworkManager[2166]: <warn> (2) nfs failed (failed): Script '/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/nfs' exited with error status 32. It does not appear when there are no nfs mounts in /etc/fstab. At this time, the system is not waiting for anything yet, that happens much later.