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Linux Instance Unable to Complete Boot and Reports Error “Unrecognized mount option umask”

Applies to:

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later

Linux x86-64

Symptoms:

OCI Linux Instance is unable to complete the boot process and reports following errors in the console log:

Mounting /app_tmp...
 [  6.020748] EXT4-fs (sda4): Unrecognized mount option "umask=0000" or missing value
 [FAILED] Failed to mount /app_tmp.
 See 'systemctl status app_tmp.mount' for details.
 [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Local File Systems.
 [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Relabel all filesystems, if necessary.
 [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure agent updater.
 [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Oracle Cloud ...t for management and monitoring.
 [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Migrate local... structure to the new structure.
 [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Mark the need to relabel after reboot.
 [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Check console baud rate.
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