[VMWare][RHEL 6] Kernel panic on boot after upgrading kernel

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Issue

  • 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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