Re: systemd unable to enter emergeny mode (and failing to skip mount)
Fixed, see below.
2014-07-29 0:22 GMT+02:00 Redalert Commander <redalert.commander@gmail.com>:
> Yet another thing I now stumbled upon with systemd (I really don't
> mean to bash it, but now I'm getting tempted). I have a raid 10 BTRFS
> array, and 1 drive failed, so I want to replace it.
> I physically replaced the disk, but now I can't get past this next hurdle.
>
> Because of an entry about that array in /etc/fstab, systemd does not
> proceed to boot properly. I get the 'recovery mode' dialog about
> password and Ctr-D, but neither seems to work, so I can't edit fstab
> to boot up further. It won't accept my password (worked fine 2 days
> ago).
>
> Also, I don't get dropped into recovery mode when using the default
> grub entry, but only with the 'recovery mode' entry. I do get the
> 'Welcome to emergency mode' message, but nothing about Ctrl-D or the
> root password.
>
> Any ideas besides booting from external boot media?
When specifying init=/bin/sh on the kernel command line in grub,
I can boot into a shell, remount the root filesystem as rw (it's
mounted ro when doing this),
and edit /etc/fstab.
After commenting out the array from fstab, systemd let me boot up
normally so I can fix the array.
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