'Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout' at startup

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themagicm
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'Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout' at startup

Post by themagicm » 2017/12/14 03:02:10

I've searched this forum, tried many things, still cannot get this resolved.

I have a VirtualBox VM that I exported to an appliance. I then imported it into XenServer 7.2. I get the standard 'dracut-initqueue timeout' messages that are all over google.

No problem I thought. Booted from a CentOS 7 CD, mounted the drives, did dracut -f <specific version of kernel>.

I followed the steps here from TrevorH but it didnt work:
viewtopic.php?t=63988

I'm stumped as to how to figure it out. I know I can reinstall CentOS 7 on XenServer and rebuild the database, Apache etc. but before I go that far I'm wondering if anyone has this figured out.

Rescue mode in the VM works also but same steps with dracut do not help.

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Re: 'Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout' at startup

Post by TrevorH » 2017/12/14 07:17:59

dracut -f <specific version of kernel>.
You'd need dracut -f /boot/initramfs-specificversionofkernel specificversionofkernel to make it work.
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Re: 'Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout' at startup

Post by themagicm » 2017/12/14 13:23:46

@TrevorH:

I tried that...actually, since the VM needed updates, the kernel was one of them. I let it do its thing..still didnt work but a new kernel was installed.
I did a dracut -f with the same parameters you specified except with the new kernel but that didnt address it.

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Re: 'Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout' at startup

Post by themagicm » 2017/12/15 02:48:39

Eh.. I gave up.

I'm building a CentOS VM under XenServer. I still have my VM running in VirtualBox so I'll dump the db, apache configs, repo settings etc etc. Its cleaner this way anyway.

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