https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858531 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=858531#c0 Summary: Boot hangs if secondary drive (not system drive) is not found Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 13.1 Version: Final Platform: Other OS/Version: openSUSE 13.1 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Bootloader AssignedTo: jsrain@suse.com ReportedBy: ibantxo28@gmail.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/31.0.1650.63 Safari/537.36 My system was not starting properly because I unplugged a secondary drive (not system drive). The system enters in a LOOP telling that "you are in emergency mode" (or something like that), but you cannot type anything to modify /etc/fstab. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install Opensuse 13.1 in a "first drive". 2.Power off. 3.Plug-in a secondary drive. 4.Power on. 5.Mount secondary drive's partition. 6.Power off. 7.Unplug that secondary drive. 8.Power on. Actual Results: Solution for this issue: 1. In main starting menu of Opensuse, type 'e' 2. At the end of "linux" line, insert a parameter. 3. Edit /etc/fstab --> commenting the unused partition mount. 4. Reboot Expected Results: If you unplug an "secondary" drive, the system should boot OK. May be, warning that a drive is missing -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.