It appears this was addressed in the Ubuntu 10.04 Release Notes at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/1004 under the heading "Changes in boot-time output on Ubuntu Server". If I read that correctly, a splash boot will show instructions for how to get past this by prompting the user to press a certain key, but these prompts don't appear with a non-splash boot.
"On new installs of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server, no boot splash screen is shown by default. While this provides server administrators with more immediate feedback about their system while booting, it also prevents prompts from reaching the user in the event of filesystem mounting failures. Users can add the splash option to /etc/default/grub if they prefer to always see the splash screen. Hotkeys for interacting with mountall will still work without the splash screen, but are not discoverable: C to cancel a running fsck; M to request a maintenance shell; S to skip an unavailable mount; and F to try to fix errors found by a fsck." Joern, can you try pressing 'S' to skip or possibly 'M' to go to a maintenance shell? I'm not sure whether it's supposed to be entered on the Alt+F1 console or on Alt+F7, so try both... It then references Bug #563916 -- so if Joern can get past this, I think this ticket is a duplicate of that one. -- Boot hangs after fsck following upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/573356 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
