System boot from SAN with dm-multipath can't boot due to _netdev & x-initrd.mount option specified in /etc/fstab for root file system.
Issue
- SAN boot System running with dm-multipath can't boot due to
_netdev
specified in/etc/fstab
. - System stuck at boot process with an error message "A start job is running for dev-mapper-\x2droot.device".
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Dm-Multipath
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