Several reboots later and I only get this problem when I use usplash.
Interestingly, I don't get any messages about waiting while the password
prompt is 'open', even if I leave the machine alone for several minutes
without typing anything at the password prompt, whether with or without
usplash. It
There doesn't appear to be anything useful in /var/log/ or from dmesg.
Though I can access tty1 I can't scroll back through the output.
Will try another reboot without splash and see if that is a consistent
way of actually being able to boot.
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mountall 0.2.5 does not start recovery console aft
