[VMWare][RHEL 6] Kernel panic on boot after upgrading kernel
Issue
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After upgrading the kernel, the system boots fine once but panics on the next boot:
uncompression error Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block ... ...
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
- VMWare virtual machine
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