How to Modify or Add Partition Labels when Encountering "Dependency failed for File System Check on /dev/disk/by-label/BOOT" Messages During Boot-up (Doc ID 2708764.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 26, 2021

Applies to:

Symptoms

System goes to Maintenance mode as the boot up process cannot be completed successfully.

Below messages can be observed before going into maintenance mode:

Fri Sep 4 02:53:24 2020 | [ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device dev-disk-by\x2dlabel-BOOT.device.
Fri Sep 4 02:53:24 2020 | [DEPEND] Dependency failed for /boot.
Fri Sep 4 02:53:24 2020 | [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Local File Systems.
Fri Sep 4 02:53:24 2020 | [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Migrate local... structure to the new structure.
Fri Sep 4 02:53:24 2020 | [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Relabel all filesystems, if necessary.
Fri Sep 4 02:53:24 2020 | [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Mark the need to relabel after reboot.
Fri Sep 4 02:53:24 2020 | [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Remote File Systems.
Fri Sep 4 02:53:24 2020 | [DEPEND] Dependency failed for File System Check on /dev/disk/by-label/BOOT.

Cause

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