[Bug 548917] Re: lucid won't boot from nfs because of mountall.conf

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 537133 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/537133

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: mountall (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  lucid won't boot from nfs because of mountall.conf

Status in “mountall” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: mountall

  Description:    Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
  Release:        10.04
  Package:        2.8

  I had prepared a lucid root-image to be mounted via NFS, using PXE to
  deliver the kernel, initrd, and boot parameters. This has worked
  previously with hardy without any problems. But, apparently the new
  upstart boot scheme has thrown a wrench into the works. The system
  wouldn't boot past mountall. I received no intelligible error
  messages, not even with the kernel parameter debug or 'init=/sbin/init
  --debug'. The last message was always: "mountall: Can't connect to
  plymouth." Whether plymouth was installed or not was immaterial.

  After two days of banging my head against the wall, and getting a
  fresh perspective from a fellow admin, I finally found a workaround:
  Adding 'mountall' before 'exec mountall ...' in
  /etc/init/mountall.conf allowed the system to boot to completion. All
  mounts are correct.

  We discovered this by starting a shell directly before the 'exec
  mountall ...' using the command '/bin/sh' and looking around, trying
  different things, and by chance the system booted when we had typed
  mountall to check its behavior interactively.

  I hope the workaround helps others, and the report helps the
  developers find the bug.

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