CentOS7.3 recent install fails to boot after CR updates!

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CentOS7.3 recent install fails to boot after CR updates!

Post by pjwelsh » 2017/08/30 18:42:03

A recently created and fully functional CentOS 7.3 VM fails to boot after applying CR updates:

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 [  194.011062] dracut-initqueue[227]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
[  194.546622] dracut-initqueue[227]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
[  194.547515] dracut-initqueue[227]: Warning: Could not boot.
[  194.557324] dracut-initqueue[227]: Warning: /dev/disk/by-uuid/bbafa3a5-0a24-40d2-a362-03cb33d5d76b does not exist
         Starting Dracut Emergency Shell...
Warning: /dev/disk/by-uuid/bbafa3a5-0a24-40d2-a362-03cb33d5d76b does not exist

Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt"


Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue.
Type "journalctl" to view system logs.
You might want to save "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot
after mounting them and attach it to a bug report.


dracut:/# 
Server OS is CentOS 7.3 using Xen. Sadly, the other issue is that the grub menu will not display for me to select another kernel to see if it is just a kernel issue.

Any info?

Thanks
PJWelsh

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Re: CentOS7.3 recent install fails to boot after CR updates!

Post by eager » 2017/11/10 17:10:28

I'm seeing the same behavior on CentOS 7 running in a LXC container. Did anyone have a resolution to this problem?

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