Why does system fail to boot and gives "blk_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0" during system boot ?

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Issue

  • system give message "kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0" output from " while booting.
Generating "/run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt"
blk_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0
blk_request: I/O error, dev fd0, sector 0

Environment

  • Red Hat enterprise Linux 7.
  • Vmware guest

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