On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 11:51:28AM -0800, Glenn E. Bailey III wrote:
Doing a lsof showed no open files against /home. Something else is locking it, not a user process. Also disabled SELinux, did a init 1, and only way to remove it was via single user by passing init=/sysinit/bin/sh
It sounds like /home is being managed by something in the kernel, then.
Are you exporting /home via NFS or SMB? AutoFS? I'm trying to think what would start at runlevel 1, although if this is c7 that might not be a valid description anymore, perhaps services are being started at 'rescue.target'.