Kernel panic while loading shared libraries /lib64/libc.so.6.

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Kernel panic with following error messages on console;
/sbin/init:error while loading shared libraries: /lib64/libc.so.6: file too short 
kernel panic -- not syncing:  attempting to kill init

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • glibc
  • libc.so.6
  • libc-2.5.so

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