I got bitten by this in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS because of an fstab entry for an external USB disk (user-mountable).
The 'nobootwait' option in /etc/fstab did the job, but it is really poorly documented. Because the issue occured around the time of automatic fs checking, the logical place for me to search was 'man fsck', which mentions the 'nofail' option -- which didn't resolve the problem. Neither is it described in 'man mountall' or 'man 8 mount'; one has to check in 'man fstab', which is typically not where I look for documentation on mount options. If there is no way to make the boot process more intelligent on a headless server, then can it at least be considered to make it easier to find the solution? E.g. mention it in the man pages for 'mountall' and 'mount (8)'? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571444 Title: Boot hangs and unable to continue when automount disk in fstab is not available (Off or Disconnected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/571444/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
