dracut fails to create the initramfs with "dracut module 'network-legacy' cannot be found or installed" message

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Unable to update to new kernel version with yum as transaction fails with:

    dracut: dracut module 'network-legacy' cannot be found or installed.
warning: %posttrans(kernel-core-4.18.0-xx.xx.el8_3.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1

Error in POSTTRANS scriptlet in rpm package kernel-core

    dracut: dracut module 'network-legacy' cannot be found or installed.
warning: %posttrans(kernel-core-5.14.0-xxx.xx.x.el9_x.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1

Error in POSTTRANS scriptlet in rpm package kernel-core

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.

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