Installation of RHCOS v4.5.4 fails to read initramfs

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Installing RHCOS 4.5.4 fails to read the initramfs.img followed by kernel panic:
error: ../../grub-core/net/net.c:1795:timeout reading `/rhcos/initramfs.img'.
...
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)

Environment

  • Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
    • 4.5.4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • 8.3

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