dracut script is stuck at sync command , cannot generate initramfs or update.
Issue
- Dracut command does not proceed further.
- yum update kernel or dracut command hangs indefinitely
0 0 104768 92955 20 0 4364 356 wait_o D+ pts/0 0:00 sync /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-1127.10.1.el7.x86_64.img
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- sync
- seen on
dracut-033-568.el7
and above.
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