vmware player mounting /dev/vg_server/lv_root on /sysroot failed: No such device
If you got this problem after converting live Centos 6.5 into VMplayer image 1. Download minimal image of centos 2. mount this image at VMplayer 3. boot from minimal Centos image 4. go to Rescue mode 5. run bash 6. type chroot /mnt/sysimage cd /boot 7.type mkinitrd -v -f initrd and press TAB to autocomplete so command should looks like: mkinitrd -v -f initrd2.6.32-431.3.1.img 2.6.32-431.3.1 wait until finished. 8. type exit and again exit and from main menu choose reboot 9. boot from local drive if still does not work follow again points 1-6 7. you have to recreate initramfs - at first create a backup copy of the current initramfs: type: cp -p /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img /boot/initramfs-$(uname -r).img.bak 8. Now create the initramfs for the current kernel, type dracut -f ** If you need to build it for a specific kernel version (replace the version appropriately): dracut -f /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-431.3.1.el6.x86_64...