RHEL6 - Boot hangs with error "/dev/fd/8 Bad fd number"
Issue
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Boot of the machine hangs after printing the following messages on the console:
EXT4-fs (dm-0): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: dracut: Mounted root filesystem /dev/mapper/vg_rhel68-lv_root dracut: Loading SELinux policy type=1404 audit(1494575751.294:2): enforcing=1 old_enforcing=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 type=1403 audit(1494575752.010:3): policy loaded auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 dracut: dracut: Switching root /dev/fd/8: 8: /dev/fd/8: 1: Syntax error: Bad fd number Syntax error: Bad fd number init: readahead main process (426) terminated with status 2 init: readahead-collector main process (424) terminated with status 2 init: rcS pre-start process (425) terminated with status 2 init: readahead-collector post-stop process (427) terminated with status 2 /dev/fd/8: 11: Syntax error: Bad fd number init: rcS post-stop process (428) terminated with status 2 init: readahead-disable-services main process (430) terminated with status 2 init: ck-log-system-start main process (429) terminated with status 1 -
Boot doesn't reach the console prompt
- No service get started, machine is unreachable: no ping, no ssh connectivity
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
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