System boots Rescue kernel by default after kernel update

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After a kernel update, the system choose the Rescue entry by default:

    more /proc/cmdline 
    BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-45av4kvlvpv3436d382b01ade963784138d root=LABEL=img-rootfs ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet LANG=en_US.UTF-8
    
  • The first entry in grub is the Rescue:

    menuentry 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7.6 Rescue 45av4kvlvpv3436d382b01ade963784138d r (3.10.0-957.12.2.el7.x86_64)' --class red --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os --unrestricted $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.10.0-957.el7.x86_64-advanced-agrel908-2rda-4fag-ZL76-bGREklklzkflvtu' {
            load_video
            set gfxpayload=keep
            insmod gzio
            insmod part_msdos
            insmod xfs
            set root='hd0,msdos2'
            if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ];- then
              search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2  ac79fezgremge2d-grggreeagre78-begreahkiu35d
            else
              search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root a45av4kvlvpv3436d382b01ade963784138d
            fi
            linux16 /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-45av4kvlvpv3436d382b01ade963784138d root=LABEL=img-rootfs ro console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet LANG=en_US.UTF-8
            initrd16 /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-45av4kvlvpv3436d382b01ade963784138d.img
    }
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • grub2
  • kernel
  • Openstack

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