System does not boot correctly with error: "A start job is running for dev-disk-by\x2duuid-xxxxxxxx\x2dxxxx...\x2dxxxx.device"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The system does not boot correctly and the following message is shown:
"A start job is running for dev-disk-by\x2duuid-xxxxxxxx\x2dxxxx...\x2dxxxx.device"
  • After a while:
"Time out waiting for device dev-disk-by\x2duuid-xxxxxxxx\x2dxxxx...\x2dxxxx.device"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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