System fails to boot completely, with only the root filesystem mounted in single user mode

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After patching server Boot fails with "a start job is running for additional setup binary formats" error. Booting into single user mode allows the system to partially boot, with only the root filesystem mounted.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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