Console Doesn't Provide Login, getty.target and multi-user.target are Dead or Inactive
Issue
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Booting the system doesn't provide a login prompt.
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The system doesn't reach multi-user mode.
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multi-user.target
andgetty.target
are showing inactive and dead. -
systemctl list-jobs
showsmulti-user.target
andgetty.target
inwaiting
state.
Environment
RHEL 7
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