kernel panic : /bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5
Issue
- Kernel panic on boot ; fails to boot
/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5
- chroot not working in rescue mode
/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: libtinfo.so.5

Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.4
- ncurses-libs
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