Unable to boot system, Error - INIT: Cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Not able to boot the system in runlevel 1, 3 or 5
  • Below error is observed while booting in runlevel 5

INIT: Cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm"

  • Runlevel 1 and 3 shows below error

INIT: Cannot execute "/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit"

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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