Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! when root file system reports wrong fs type, bad superblock

Solution Unverified - Updated -

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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