Boot process is running forever with a message "A start job is running for dev-disk-by......" when booted with latest kernel , server is booting with old kernel without any issues.

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Issue

  • Boot process is running forever with a message "A start job is running for dev-disk-by......" when booted with latest kernel , server is booting with old kernel without any issues.
  • This issue started after kernel upgrade. Repeatedly when booted with latest kernel.
  • Able to boot with 'kernel-3.10.0-514.2.2.el7' but cant boot with 'kernel-3.10.0-514.6.1.el7'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3
  • Vmware guest

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