Server boots into emergency mode. Journalctl messages show that system failed to mount / filesystem, reason unknown.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Server boots into emergency mode. Expecting server to boot into target runlevel 3. Journalctl messages show that system failed to mount / filesystem, reason unknown.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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