From: Hannes Reinecke If rootfs is on multipath, but platform does not have an /etc/multipath.conf file which is not urgently needed, they system will not boot, due to: multipathd is not started and rootfs and swap are not found: systemctl status multipathd.service * multipathd.service - Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/multipathd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) Condition: start condition failed at Thu 2015-05-07 11:49:11 CEST; 7min ago ConditionPathExists=/etc/multipath.conf was not met and exit to dracut shell. Index: dracut-041/modules.d/90multipath/multipathd.service =================================================================== --- dracut-041.orig/modules.d/90multipath/multipathd.service 2015-01-31 12:54:52.000000000 +0100 +++ dracut-041/modules.d/90multipath/multipathd.service 2015-05-08 08:13:22.714063510 +0200 @@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ ConditionKernelCommandLine=!nompath ConditionKernelCommandLine=!rd.multipath=0 ConditionKernelCommandLine=!rd_NO_MULTIPATH -ConditionPathExists=/etc/multipath.conf [Service] Type=simple