When the boot process hangs during the following:
Creating root device.
Mounting root filesystem.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Setting up other filesystems.
Setting up new root fs
no fstab.sys, mounting internal defaults
Switching to new root and running init.
unmounting old /dev
unmounting old /proc
unmounting old /sys
INIT: version 2.86 booting
Welcome to CentOS release 5 (Final)
Press ‘I’ to enter interactive startup.
Do the follwing:
- Start the server with an rescue cd and access (chroot) the disk
- Give the following command:
mv hwclock hwclock.original echo “exit 0” > hwclock chmod 755 hwclock
Now restart the server. The problem cause an error with the clock. For more info see: http://www.virtuatopia.com/index.php/Xen_CentOS/Fedora/Red_Hat_Guest_OS_Hangs_During_Boot