Re: [CentOS] Server entering Emergency Shell, but continues fine after pressing Enter

On 9/12/20 1:04 PM, Quinn Comendant wrote:

[root@myhost ~] systemctl status initrd-switch-root.service ● initrd-switch-root.service - Switch Root Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/initrd-switch-root.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: signal) since Sat 2020-09-12 19:41:13 UTC; 17min ago Process: 204 ExecStart=/usr/bin/systemctl --no-block --force switch-root /sysroot (code=killed, signal=TERM)

Ah, this seems to be a known issue with the update to 7.8: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4973191

The initrd contains an old systemd binary, and should be rebuilt.  The replacement initrd will have an updated binary:

|# cp /boot/initramfs-*.x86_64.img /root ||# dracut --force --regenerate-all| ||