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

[Steve Langasek]

On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 08:01:07PM -0000, Nathan Groupp wrote:
> @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?

There's no point in prompting.  I asked you what you wanted to happen
*instead* of prompting.  Because "booting the system with half its
filesystem missing" isn't going to be it.

To repeat myself:

  If you have a specific case where mountall is blocking the boot waiting for
  some mount point that it *shouldn't* wait for, you'll need to provide more
  specific information.

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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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