RHEL 6 installation failed with "A fatal error occurred when installing the filesystem package" error message

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 installation failed with this error:
A fatal error occurred when installing the filesystem package. This could indicate  errors when reading the installation media.
Installation cannot continue.
  • RHEL 6 upgrade fails with this error.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Network (RHN)

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