Just as a postscript, an arguable "workaround" to this issue in Karmic, and likely helpful tweak to anyone who can't do much with a system if sshd isn't running: set FSCKFIX=yes in /etc/default/rcS.
>From the rcS(5) man page: """FSCKFIX - When the root and all other file systems are checked, fsck is invoked with the -a option which means "autorepair". If there are major inconsistencies then the fsck process will bail out. The system will print a message asking the administrator to repair the file system manually and will present a root shell prompt (actually a sulogin prompt) on the console. Setting this option to yes causes the fsck commands to be run with the -y option instead of the -a option. This will tell fsck always to repair the file systems without asking for permission.""" mountall(8) will pick up on this---see /etc/init/mountall.conf. Useful if you'd rather have no user intervention (whether through a friendly UI or otherwise) when filesystem corruption issues crop up. Perfect for my dad's laptop! (If anyone sees inaccuracies in the above, please let me know.) -- Need newbie-friendly alternative to maintenance shell when mount fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/489474 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
