Why does Red Hat Enterprise Linux drop into maintenance mode while booting?
Issue
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux is dropping into maintenance mode while booting with the system with following message.
Give the root password for maintenance (Or press Control-D to continue):
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server is dropping into maintenance mode while booting with some VolumeGroup not found errors.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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