System gets stuck/hung while booting with message "Rebuilding /boot/initrd-xxx-kdump.img"

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Issue

  • While booting system gets stuck/hung at message "Rebuilding /boot/initrd-xxx-kdump.img"
  • After patching system gets stuck/hung at message "Rebuilding /boot/initrd-xxx-kdump.img" for more than 30 minutes

Environment

  • RHEL 5
  • RHEL 6

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