Kdump wrongfully states that the crashkernel parameter is not specified - RHEL 5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • kdump shows FAILED at startup with the follow entries in /var/log/messages:
kdump: No crashkernel parameter specified for running kernel
kdump: failed to start up

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 or earlier
  • kexec-tools prior to 1.102pre-161.el5

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