Does Red Hat support rebuilding the `initrd` file of one major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux with the module from another major release?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(104,3)
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(104,3)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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