Re: Bug#2065: single user isn't

[Jeff Noxon <jeff@router.patch.net>]

This has been reported before as a bug.  This time I just thought i'd
chime in and say "me too."

Thanks,

Jeff

> 
> Package: base
> Version: 0.93.6-13
> 
> It is utterly unreasonable for the system to try and do fsck's when the
> system is booted with 'linux single'.  The whole point of a single user boot
> is that something is wrong that needs reasoned attention from a system
> adminitrator.  A single-user boot should do absolutely *nothing* that isn't
> required to drop the system admin into a shell.
> 
> This caused me considerable grief when one of the disks on my system was
> starting to fail, and I was desperately trying to extract a few critical
> files that had been updated since the last backup.  The cycle was to boot,
> snag a few files before the disk warmed up and failed, then power down to let
> things cool off, then repeat.  The insistence of the system on doing fsck's
> at every boot made this a much less productive process per unit time than it
> could/should have been.
> 
> Bdale
> 
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