OL7: Boot Fails with "dracut-initqueue[286]: Warning: dracut initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts" (Doc ID 2416522.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 16, 2020

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 7.0 and later
Linux x86-64

Messages "dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts" are printed loop while booting then an Emergency shell is launched

dracut-initqueue[]: Warning: dracut initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts

dracut-initqueue[]: Warning: Could not boot.

dracut-initqueue[]: Warning: /dev/mapper/root_vg-root_vol does not exist.

dracut-initqueue[]: Warning: /dev/ol/root does not exist.

dracut-initqueue[]: Warning: /dev/ol/swap does not exist.

Starting Dracut Emergency Shell.....

Volume group was renamed from 'ol' to 'root_vg', logical volume was renamed from 'root' to 'root_vol'.

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