Public bug reported: Binary package hint: initramfs-tools
I use LUKS on LVM for my root filesystem. In the bootloader the root filesystem is configured as root=/dev/mapper/cryptroot In /usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top/lvm the script waits 360 times 0.5 seconds for /dev/cryptroot to become available. vg=${ROOT#/dev/mapper/} (...) slumber=360 while [ ${slumber} -gt 0 -a ! -d "/dev/${vg}" ]; do pvscan > /dev/null 2>&1 vgchange -ay ${vg} > /dev/null 2>&1 /bin/sleep 0.5 slumber=$(( ${slumber} - 1 )) done Of course /dev/cryptroot does not exist hence booting stalls for three minutes. ** Affects: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- lvm script waits for 180s for non-existing /dev https://launchpad.net/bugs/73936 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs