Creating a virtual machine fails with "linux kernel too old to load a ram disk" error

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Using both GUI and command line to try and create a guest fails with the following error:

    ERROR    internal error Process exited while reading console log output: char device redirected to /dev/pts/1
    qemu: linux kernel too old to load a ram disk
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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