[RHEL5] System boot fails with "cannot make directory [/var/lib] read-only file system" and removing /etc/multipath.conf allows the server to boot
Issue
- During the reboot we got error:
cannot make directory [/var/lib] read-only file system
- Went to rescue mode, renamed the multipath.conf file and then the system comes up.
Environment
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 - all releases
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device-mapper-multipath
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