Public bug reported: in natty, specifying nobootwait allowed bootup to complete while fscks were in progress. in quantal, nobootwait apparently has lost it's purpose. bootup now waits for fsck, even for mounts specified with nobootwait. even if fs_passno is set higher than 2. login is impossible, even via ssh, until all fscks complete.
# uname -a;apt-cache policy mountall Linux jocur 3.5.0-22-lowlatency #21-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Sat Jan 12 15:33:28 UTC 2013 i686 athlon i686 GNU/Linux mountall: Installed: 2.42ubuntu0.3 Candidate: 2.42ubuntu0.3 Version table: *** 2.42ubuntu0.3 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal-updates/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 2.42 0 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main i386 Packages ** Affects: mountall (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/1115600 Title: nobootwait no longer averts waiting for fsck To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/1115600/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs