RHEL7 boot logs show systemd-fsck errors, referencing fsck.ext2, when trying to run on an XFS file system

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Issue

  • During boot up, the following errors are logged:

    systemd: Starting File System Check on /dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root...
    systemd-fsck: fsck.ext2: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root
    systemd-fsck: Possibly non-existent device?
    systemd-fsck: fsck failed with error code 8.
    systemd-fsck: Ignoring error.
    systemd: Started File System Check on /dev/mapper/vg_root-lv_root.
    
    systemd-fsck: fsck: error 2 (No such file or directory) while executing fsck.ext2 for /dev/disk/by-uuid/92d07fde-055c-4804-8ad2-e4a740291635
    systemd-fsck: fsck failed with error code 8.
    localhost systemd-fsck: Ignoring error.
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

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