CentOS 7 1810 dracut initqueue not booting
Posted: 2019/04/11 04:35:34
Hi, so I have an HP DL160 G5 with outdated BIOS and raid firmware (can't update now with HP new policy on warranty). So I tried installing CentOS 7 1810 and couldn't get it to find the RAID. So on the grub install menu I pressed tab and added the following to the end of the line: hpsa.hpsa_allow_any=1 and that seems to do the trick. I was able to find the RAID and install CentOS 7. After installation, I rebooted the server and got to the GRUB menu where it boot into default selection and failed to boot completely. dracut can't find the following:
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: Could not boot.
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: /dev/centos/root does not exist
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: /dev/centos/swap does not exist
Starting Dracut Emergency Shell...
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: /dev/mapper/centos-root does not exist
Warning: Could not boot.
Warning: /dev/centos/root does not exist
Warning: /dev/centos/swap does not exist
Entering emergency mode. Exist the shell to continue.
So at this point I'm at the dracut shell. I have tried numerous solutions found in this forum and other forums and can't find a solution to this problem. I've typed the following:
# lvm vgscan
# lvm vgchange -ay
# blkid
and I don't see anything after I run blkid. So I don't know what to do at this point. Any help is truly appreciated.
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: Could not boot.
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: /dev/centos/root does not exist
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: /dev/centos/swap does not exist
Starting Dracut Emergency Shell...
dracut-initqueue[373]: Warning: /dev/mapper/centos-root does not exist
Warning: Could not boot.
Warning: /dev/centos/root does not exist
Warning: /dev/centos/swap does not exist
Entering emergency mode. Exist the shell to continue.
So at this point I'm at the dracut shell. I have tried numerous solutions found in this forum and other forums and can't find a solution to this problem. I've typed the following:
# lvm vgscan
# lvm vgchange -ay
# blkid
and I don't see anything after I run blkid. So I don't know what to do at this point. Any help is truly appreciated.