I also do see this flaky behaviour of rescue mode. The new bug report includes some more information: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1662137 Apparently on my machine systemd runs into a timeout waiting for swap- or non-root partitions.
Unfortunately, entering rescue mode from the running system is also not possible as reported in this other bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1661851 This renders rescue mode practically useless and should certainly be fixed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1609475 Title: Recovery mode won't allow recovery after manually installing the OS incorrectly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1609475/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs