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Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD Adapter User’s Guide

Linux fails to boot and prompts for the root password

Cause
A stale volume mount point is still present after a device removal or cryptographic erase.
Solution
Perform the following steps to recover from this situation:
  1. Enter the root password to enter maintenance mode.
  2. Remount the root filesystem as read-write using the following command: mount -orw,remount/.
  3. Manually edit /etc/fstab to remove the nonexistent device entry.

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