Public bug reported: I copied the following file [*] to /etc/default/locale and after rebooting I received the message
init: mountall process terminated with status 2 a maintenance shell will now be started ... when I enter mountall in the maintenance shell, the OS continued to boot I replaced the modified /etc/default/locale with the original version of the file and it solved problem /etc/default/locale [*] LANG="en_US.UTF-8" LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8" LC_PAPER=""en_US.UTF-8" LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8" LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8" LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8" ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1280112 Title: Trivial errors (incorrect locale in my case) stops the OS from booting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1280112/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs