[Bug 1059726] Re: Mounting drives that have '\040' in the name in fstab throws up an error during boot.

[Andrew Gallagher]

I can confirm this bug.

I have two external drives in my fstab:

proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=a750d27d-ca00-4aa8-b154-a86c95c5054e /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /vault was on /dev/sda6 during installation
UUID=214e350f-1b00-4f1d-b105-bf9a4696b367 /vault          ext4    defaults        0       2
# swap was on /dev/sda5 during installation
UUID=c26824e9-386f-4e7d-abaf-0040d8f7410e none            swap    sw              0       0
LABEL=LACIE\0401        /media/LACIE\0401       vfat    defaults        0       2
LABEL=LACIE\0404        /media/LACIE\0404       ext4    defaults        0       2

On boot, I get the error message:

The disk drive for /media/LACIE 1 is not ready yet or not present.
Continue to wait, or Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery

If I choose manual recovery, I can immediately invoke mount -a on the
command line and both disks are mounted without complaint.

If I choose skip (for both external drives) the boot process continues,
but I find once I log in that the drives have been auto-mounted on e.g.
/media/LACIE 1_ (or 1__ or 1___, such caprice being why I put entries in
fstab in the first place).

I am now going to relabel both these drives without spaces in their
names as a workaround to see if this helps.

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Title:
  Mounting drives that have '\040' in the name in fstab throws up an
  error during boot.

Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  In 12.10 my drives that are mounted in /media/Storage\0401 and
  /media/Storage\0402 produce an error message during boot. However when
  prompted to skip mounting they do mount correctly upon login. This
  happens in Kubuntu, which displays an error message, and in Gnome
  remix, which does not. However, Gnome successfully boots after
  pressing 'S', to skip mounting, twice.

  Drives that are mounted in /media/Storage, /media/Storage1 and
  /media/Storage2 work without problems.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: plymouth 0.8.4-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-16.25-generic 3.5.4
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Oct  1 17:19:08 2012
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-gnome-logo/ubuntu-gnome-logo.plymouth
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64(20120926)
  MachineType: System manufacturer Rampage Formula
  ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-16-generic root=UUID=03fe6332-5278-4c93-8574-5b7e1175c407 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-16-generic root=UUID=03fe6332-5278-4c93-8574-5b7e1175c407 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: plymouth
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-gnome-text/ubuntu-gnome-text.plymouth
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 02/20/2009
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 0803
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: Rampage Formula
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
  dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
  dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0803:bd02/20/2009:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnRampageFormula:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnRampageFormula:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
  dmi.product.name: Rampage Formula
  dmi.product.version: System Version
  dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer

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