Stretch: Start job is running for Hold - Can't Log In

[XueHai8]

No errors on boot. Last two messages are:

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[ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device dev-serial1.device
[ ***  ]  A start job is running for Hold until boot process finsishes up (hours and hours / no limit)

I can''t log in via SSH. I input my username and Password and it immediately terminates the connection.
The Hold never finishes.
The Pi is dead.
Help!!!

[XueHai8]

Well, it appears that THIS never happens in Stretch:

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After=multi-user.target

I had that in /lib/systemd/system/openvpn@.service, under the [Unit] section and Stretch would never finish booting.
The reason is was there, was so that OpenVPN would actually find the specified IP address in 'local' to bind to. Otherwise it would start up before Network IP addresses were found and fail.
It's definitely a S-t-r-e-t-c-h to get this release of Raspbian to work...