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

[Victor Mendonça]

I have the same issue in 13.04, however I don't get any messages. To be
able to continue I need to edit my grub options by removing "quiet
splash" and adding "nomodeset". Then I get the prompt for "Press S to
skip mounting or M for manual recovery".

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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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