System fails to boot with error "fsck.ext3 unable to resolve LABEL= [label]"
Issue
- The system goes into maintenance mode and then requests the root password to continue. The error visible on the console may look like:
fsck.ext3 unable to resolve 'LABEL=/crash'
- Where '/crash' is the filesystem
LABELset for this specific filesystem.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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