*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 571444 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571444
Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mountall
During boot, an Ubuntu machine installed as a server from the
"alternate" CD will pause indefinitely waiting for console input if an
fstab line points to a device that is not present and fsck would
normally be run on that device. It prints "The disk drive for / is not
ready yet or not present. Continue to wait; or press s to skip mounting
or M for manual recovery" then waits for input. This halt occurs before
sshd comes up and is only on the console, so a headless server has to be
physically accessed to resolve the problem.
This is not a crash. Pressing "S" allows the server to continue booting,
but you have to have a keyboard plugged in and a display to see what you
need to do, or at least need a serial console in place. This is far from
ideal for a remote headless machine.
Encountered on:
craig@backup:/etc$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
Codename: natty
with:
craig@backup:/etc$ apt-cache policy mountall upstart mdadm
mountall:
Installed: 2.25ubuntu1
Candidate: 2.25ubuntu1
Version table:
*** 2.25ubuntu1 0
500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
upstart:
Installed: 0.9.7-1
Candidate: 0.9.7-1
Version table:
*** 0.9.7-1 0
500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
upstart:
Installed: 0.9.7-1
Candidate: 0.9.7-1
Version table:
*** 0.9.7-1 0
500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
mdadm:
Installed: 3.1.4-1+8efb9d1ubuntu4.1
Candidate: 3.1.4-1+8efb9d1ubuntu4.1
Version table:
*** 3.1.4-1+8efb9d1ubuntu4.1 0
500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu/ natty-updates/main i386 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.1.4-1+8efb9d1ubuntu4 0
500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu/ natty/main i386 Packages
This is particularly problematic because mdadm doesn't auto-assemble and
start degraded RAID arrays that are not the boot device, so a server
with a degraded RAID array will fail to boot if that array is not the
boot device. I encountered this on a big RAID backup server where the
device containing root,boot,usr,var etc is is a little low-power SSD and
all the real storage lives on a RAID array. When a disk dropped out of
the array and we lost power, the server failed to come back up because
it was sitting at this fsck prompt.
Recommended fix: Time out on the prompt after 60 seconds, defaulting to
"S" for skip. Do not wait for input on subsequent prompts if more than
one is displayed, automatically skip if the first prompt timed out. The
latter is important because many servers will have 10 or more file
systems and you don't want a 60-second timeout on each.
** Affects: upstart
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Affects: mountall (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: upstart
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 571444
Boot hangs and unable to continue when automount disk in fstab is not
available (Off or Disconnected)
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fsck prompt for missing device doesn't time out, hangs
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