System is unable to boot with error message "error 28: selected item cannot fit into memory"

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The system fails to boot with below error after the GRUB prompt.
error 28: selected item cannot fit into memory

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with GRUB

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