Why are logical volumes failing to activate during boot with the error "Timed out waiting for device"?
Issue
- After installing or updating the kernel, logical volumes are not activated during boot.
- During boot, there are messages stating
Timed out waiting for deviceand the boot drops intomaintenance mode.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2
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