My Server Crashed During Boot with the Message "'insmod: error inserting 'lib/dm-region-hash.ko': -1 File exists."

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Issue

  • The system crashed with 'insmod: error inserting 'lib/dm-region-hash.ko': -1 File exists.
  • 'insmod: error inserting 'lib/dm-region-hash.ko': -1 File exists error while booting.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 version 5
  • MRG

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