Comment 23 for bug 542334

Hi all,

I am also having the "status 5" error, and I do have /var mounted on a separate partition. The system boots fine, and after booting the /var/lib/ureadahead folder is empty. I have just found a fix suggested by sentinella86 on the ubuntu forums (http://www.uluga.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9555086):

 sudo sed -i 's+^start on starting mountall+start on mounted MOUNTPOINT=/var+' /etc/init/ureadahead.conf

I tried it, and the "status 5" error disappeared. I can now see the following files in the /var/lib/ureadahead folder: pack, tmp.pack, usr.pack, and var.pack. The only thing is that during booting I noticed some parallel and green lines on the top of the screen, and one or two sort of quick screen flashes. What do you think about this workaround? ¿Can it be used safely?

Many thanks for your help.
nosco