[Bug 1096307] Re: Boot process hang because 'mountall' fails

[Nathan Groupp]

@Steve Langesek

Actually, yes, that  sounds like a great idea. What, exactly, is the
point of prompting for console input when the operator is 5,000 miles
away and there is no console?

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Title:
    Boot process hang because 'mountall' fails

Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  We suspect a bug in Ubuntu 12.04 where boot process is hanged because ‘mountall’ fails due to an HDD failure.
    The issue can be easily reproduced through either of the following scenario on Ubuntu 12.04

    1. Mount a non-existing disk device node. 
    2. Disk/partition error. You can simulate such error by corrupting a working partition using DD command.

    In either case, you will see system stuck at mount procedure and never reach the login prompt. 
    I have tried some option like “timeout=30”, “optional”, update mountall to v2.46. But none of them is working.

    Thanks

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