Unable to boot: dracut timeout /dev/root does not exist

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The server is not booting and showing emergency shell with the following message displayed:

    Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
    ...
    Warning: could not boot.
    Warning: /dev/mapper/rhel-root does not exist
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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