Removing the old udev rules did indeed resolve the precipitating error and allow a smooth boot.
I kept the files so I could recreate the boot dependency failure, so if anyone has an idea as to what output would be useful for me to collect to diagnose the strange emergency shell behavior, I can tackle that as well. _______________________________________________ Pkg-systemd-maintainers mailing list Pkg-systemd-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-systemd-maintainers