dracut fails to create the initramfs with "dracut module 'network-legacy' cannot be found or installed" message
Issue
- Unable to update to new kernel version with yum as transaction fails with:
dracut: dracut module 'network-legacy' cannot be found or installed.
warning: %posttrans(kernel-core-4.18.0-xx.xx.el8_3.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
Error in POSTTRANS scriptlet in rpm package kernel-core
dracut: dracut module 'network-legacy' cannot be found or installed.
warning: %posttrans(kernel-core-5.14.0-xxx.xx.x.el9_x.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
Error in POSTTRANS scriptlet in rpm package kernel-core
dracut[E]: Module 'network-legacy' cannot be found.
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-dracut.install failed with exit status 1.
warning: %posttrans(kernel-core-6.12.0-xx.xx.x.el10_0.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1
Error in POSTTRANS scriptlet in rpm package kernel-core
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10
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