A start job is running for dev-mapper-centos\x2droot.device
Re: A start job is running for dev-mapper-centos\x2droot.device
Thanks for that info Trevor. So is there no way for me to boot into the system currently and to backup data/config files from it. Rebuilding a server is not an issue but I am wearing thin on time tbh.
Re: A start job is running for dev-mapper-centos\x2droot.device
From emergency mode you should be able to do things like activate LVM VGs and LVs and mount them. If it just the array name that has changed then look in /etc/fstab on the now-mounted filesystem that contains your real /etc and see what it's being told to mount. Also look at your grub.cfg as the name may be in the kernel/initrd lines there too.
I am a bit concerned that your lsblk only seems to list sda and sdb and that they have no partitions on them.
I am a bit concerned that your lsblk only seems to list sda and sdb and that they have no partitions on them.
The future appears to be RHEL or Debian. I think I'm going Debian.
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Info for USB installs on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/InstallFromUSBkey
CentOS 5 and 6 are deadest, do not use them.
Use the FAQ Luke
Re: A start job is running for dev-mapper-centos\x2droot.device
I seem to be at lost. I cant get to grub.cfg file as from emergency mode there is no /boot directory. And there is no fstab in /etc. There is just fstab.empty.
cat /proc/mdstat gives personalities:
unused: <none>
cat /proc/mdstat gives personalities:
unused: <none>
Re: A start job is running for dev-mapper-centos\x2droot.device
So I have finally decided to rebuild the server. Thanks for all the help so far.
Re: A start job is running for dev-mapper-centos\x2droot.device
UPDATE: Looks like the BIOS defaulted on settings maybe due to a dead motherboard battery? However, changed the BOOT options to RAID and can boot into the OS fine now. Did not have to rebuild the server.
Can mark this topic as solved.
Can mark this topic as solved.
Re: A start job is running for dev-mapper-centos\x2droot.device
It turned out only through server recovery?