Why does dracut fail to generate initramfs image for the kernel ?

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Issue

  • Why does dracut fail to generate initramfs image for the kernel ?
# /sbin/dracut -v --force /boot/initramfs-2.6.32-696.3.1.el6.x86_64.img 2.6.32-696.3.1.el6.x86_64
[...............]
I: Installing /bin/cp
I: Installing /bin/mv
I: Installing /bin/dmesg
I: Installing /bin/rm
I: Installing /bin/ln
E: Failed to install mkfifo
  • It stops there and exits.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4
  • dracut

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