System will not boot with 'error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext3: Invalid argument' displayed
Issue
- Following a reboot, our RHEL5.9 system will no longer boot. It reports:
mount : error mounting /dev/root on /sysroot as ext3: Invalid argument
setuproot: moving /dev failed: No such file or directory
setuproot: error mounting /proc: No such file or directory
setuproot: error mounting /sys: No such file or directory
switchroot: mount failed: No such file or directory
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Environment
- Virtual Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9
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