Recovery Mode starts in read-only, does not mount home folder, and hangs when trying to do something
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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friendly-recovery |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
friendly-recovery (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Starting with 12.04, when I boot into Recovery Mode:
1. The file-system is read-only.
2. The home folder is not mounted (if on a separate partition).
3. Choosing to check all disks or to start in low-res graphics mode asks to mount read-write but then appears to hang; Ctrl-C is required to get back to the menu.
4. I also notice that on 11.04, Recovery Mode uses smaller text (taking advantage of the monitor's resolution), whereas 12.04 uses large text.
What should happen:
1. File-system read-write, or at least a *working* option to change to read-write.
2. The home folder is mounted.
3. Check all disks or start low-res graphics should do just that, instead of hanging.
4. The text should use the available resolution of the monitor.
It is as if the Recovery Mode has not been tested at all.
(I cannot use ubuntu-bug to report the error, as it wants a specific package, which of course does not apply here.)
System: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64-bit, fully updated.
Related thread: http://
affects: | ubuntu → friendly-recovery (Ubuntu) |
Changed in friendly-recovery (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | nobody → don (ceodongreen) |
status: | Confirmed → Invalid |
assignee: | don (ceodongreen) → nobody |
Changed in friendly-recovery (Ubuntu): | |
importance: | Undecided → High |
I have had similar difficulties with 12.04 LTS Recovery mode;
Check all disks appeared to work but reported nothing, but at least it did not hang more than 60 secs.
Safe mode low-res hangs but Ctrl+c gives a black screen followed by the Unity GUI login screen in Hi-res.
Drop to Root terminal requests a Root Password, which has not been set, and will not accept the normal user login/sudo password. The alternative requested, 'Ctrl+d' returned to the recovery menu making the use of this boot option pointless and unproductive.
May 8th 2012. bogan Alan Pfeil.