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  • Cannot run RHEL 7 from USB /dev/boot missing

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    I'm having some issues trying to test my USB installer for RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation. From the boot screen I selected Test RedHat and Install, but after a while I get hit with bunch of errors from

    dracut-initqueue
    saying it timed out repeatedly followed by
    /dev/boot
    is missing.

    I have the DVD iso on the USB installer, assuming that's the right one to use, same as every other Linux installer that uses DVD in its name. I have never encountered such an error as this before and it's stupid error and that. Why am I having such issues with a usb installer that is missing a critical part as

    /dev/boot
    ??

    How do I fix this issue?
    Another thing is it says I should copy some text file to a USB so I can share it's details, but I can't even use the usual commands for seeing the USB storage device names with

    fdisk
    so I can copy it over.

    For something that's highly regarded enterprise level systems, this doesn't even look it if it fails the simplest of things when running from a USB stick.

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