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OCI: Instance Unable to boot with error “Warning: /dev/mapper/ocivolume-root does not exist”

edited Jul 10, 2024 7:25AM in Linux

APPLIES TO

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Linux x86-64

SYMPTOMS

Instance is not booting after a reboot, and it reports error below in the console log

[  208.548561] dracut-initqueue[1074]: Warning: Could not boot.        

 Starting Setup Virtual Console... 
[  OK  ] Started Setup Virtual Console.         
Starting Dracut Emergency Shell... 
Warning: /dev/mapper/ocivolume-root does not exist 
Warning: /dev/ocivolume does not exist 
Warning: /dev/ocivolume/root does not exist  
Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt"   
Entering emergency mode. Exit the shell to continue. 
Type "journalctl" to view system logs. You might want to save "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt" to a USB stick or /boot after 

mounting them and attach it to a bug report. 
dracut#
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