Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! when root file system reports wrong fs type, bad superblock
Issue
- VM fails to boot and panics with message
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/vg00/lv_root
..
Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init!
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- VMware
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