[Bug 996454] Re: Recovery Mode starts in read-only, does not mount home folder, and hangs when trying to do something

[Paddy Landau]

Steve Valliere and I have been discussing Steve's problem on his related
forum post:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2033085

I set up a test instance. Although I cannot duplicate Steve's full range
of problems (which he can reliably duplicate), I can confirm that to
some degree this bug causes more than mere inconvenience. Part of it is
caused by an existing bug with the "mount" command, as Steve pointed
out:

http://www.xss.co.at/sysinfo/mounts.html

Unfortunately, it does not seem that the Ubuntu team can solve that
specific bug, at least not alone.

However, Ubuntu is definitely in the position to solve the regression
mentioned in this bug. It needs to be done! Whatever was removed in the
transition to 12.04 needs to be replaced.

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Title:
  Recovery Mode starts in read-only, does not mount home folder, and
  hangs when trying to do something

Status in “friendly-recovery” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1975474

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