[systemd-bugs] [Bug 74724] New: systemd-208-10: Hangs if a partition reference in fstab has been formatted

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=74724

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 74724
          Assignee: systemd-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: systemd-208-10: Hangs if a partition reference in
                    fstab has been formatted
        QA Contact: systemd-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Linux (All)
          Reporter: Richard.Holt at gmail.com
          Hardware: x86 (IA32)
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: general
           Product: systemd

A working Manjaro-0.8.9, distro A, with systemd-280-10, hangs while booting,
and goes into "Welcome to Emergency mode!" but will not allow any corrections,
only Ctrl-Alt-Delete.

Caused, repeatably, by installing distro B on to a partition which is already
listed in the fstab of distro A. The new UUID apparently causes systemd to
choke. 

Remember how with SysV, when you installed a new distro and then booted your
old distro, you used to see: 
. . . You are about to enter maintenance mode,
. . . (Press Control-d to continue):
and then, as root, you would have to update fstab in your old distro with the
UUID & mountpoint of the new one?

Well, it doesn't/ didn't work that way for me. 

The solutions I've found are these:
1. Always keep a SysV distro, like Debian installed, to allow getting something
to boot. 
2. Boot into the new install and modify/correct the new UUID for the old distro
A. 

Hopefully, this is already being addressed. 

Thanks for your time.

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