System can't boot with fsck.ext3: Device or resource busy while trying to open device.

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Issue

  • System can't boot with the following error.
fsck.ext3: Device or resource busy while trying to open /dev/sdx
Filesystem mounted or opened exclusively by another program

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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