multipathd fails to start in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Update 9 with error "multipathd: cannot prepare namespace"
Issue
multipathdfails to start, reporting "cannot bind ramfs on/sbin" or "cannot prepare namespace"
Jan 31 00:33:23 example multipathd: cannot bind ramfs on /sbin
Jan 31 00:33:23 example multipathd: cannot prepare namespace
multipathdwon't start after updating to RHEL 5.9
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 Update 9
device-mapper-multipathreleases starting with0.4.7-54.el5, but prior to0.4.7-59.el5- A separate file system mounted on
/var/cache.
Subscriber exclusive content
A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.
