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+Bug 765014 - Mounting from localhost in fstab fails at boot on ubuntu
+(https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765014)
+(https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glusterfs/+bug/876648)
+
+Ubuntu uses upstart instead of init to bootstrap the system and it has a unique
+way of handling fstab, using a program called mountall(8).  As a result of using
+a debian initscript to start glusterd, glusterfs mounts in fstab are tried before
+the glusterd service is running.  In the case where the client is also a server
+and the volume is mounted from localhost, the mount fails at boot time.  To
+correct this we need to launch glusterd using upstart and block the glusterfs
+mounting event until glusterd is started.
+
+The glusterd.conf file contains the necessary configuration for upstart to
+manage the glusterd service.  It should be placed in /etc/init/glusterd.conf
+on Ubuntu systems, and then the old initscript /etc/init.d/glusterd can be
+removed.  An additional upstart job, mounting-glusterfs.conf, is also required
+to block mounting glusterfs volumes until the glusterd service is available.
+Both of these upstart jobs need to be placed in /etc/init to resolve the issue.
+
+Starting with Ubuntu 12.04, Precise Pangolin, these upstart jobs will be
+included with the glusterfs-server package in the Ubuntu repository. 
+
+This affects all versions of glusterfs on the Ubuntu platform since at least
+10.04, Lucid Lynx.