Red Hat 7.1 Enterprise Boot failure looping start job

mikenash · 08-28-2015, 02:00 PM

Reboot of system.
Infinite loop on start job for Set Up Additional Binary Formats.
Console log shows this at the start of the loop.
Started Update UTMP about System Reboot/Shutdown.
Started LVM2 PV scan on device 94:25.
Started LVM2 PV scan on device 94:9.
A start job is running for Set Up Additional Binary Formats
A start job is running for Set Up Additional Binary Formats
.....never ends.......

John VV · 08-28-2015, 07:00 PM

are there any clues in the system logs ?
like
/var/log/boot.log
/var/log/messages
/var/log/dmesg
/var/log/Xorg.0.log

mikenash · 08-31-2015, 11:40 AM

The boot log has the messages referenced in the initial post. Nothing in dmesg or messages that appear to be related. There is no Xorg log. I would like to know what Set Up Additional Binary Formats is for and if it can be by-passed or timed out.

John VV · 08-31-2015, 01:44 PM

rule #1 in solving a computer problem

#1- What changed

what changed right before there was a boot issue ?
what was-
installed
uninstalled
edited
updated
well what changed ?

mikenash · 08-31-2015, 02:04 PM

I did ask this question and the reply was that the system has been dormant for a while.
The system was ipled and this problem occurred. Quite possible since I receive the same
error with the current kernel and previous kernel. So I am trying to understand what
the looping process is and if this process can be corrected, interrupted or bypassed.