RHEL 7 prints "dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts" messages in loop while booting
Issue
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Messages "dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts" are printed loop while booting then an Emergency shell is launched:
[ 193.845250] dracut-initqueue[779]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts [...] [ 198.557262] dracut-initqueue[779]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts [ 198.557679] dracut-initqueue[779]: Warning: Could not boot. [ 200.161146] dracut-initqueue[779]: Warning: /dev/vgroot/root does not exist [ 200.170895] systemd[1]: Starting Dracut Emergency Shell... -
Messages "dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts" are printed loop while booting then boot continues:
[ 193.845250] dracut-initqueue[779]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts [...] [ 198.557262] dracut-initqueue[779]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts [...] ... Boot continues ... - Shutdown command
reboot -rorshutdown -rtakes a very long time or reboot never happens -
After updating to the latest kernel, the system is not coming up, but it loads fine with the old kernel. This error is shown:
dracut-initqueue timeout could not boot
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
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