Failed to start Switch Root in RHEL 8

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

When starting a RHEL 8 virtual machine it goes into emergency mode with the following message in the logs:

Failed to switch root: Specified switch root path '/sysroot' does not seem to be an OS tree. os-release file is missing.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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