On Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5, dracut command fails to create initramfs with error: failed to install /lib/libnss_files*
Issue
dracutcommand fails to create initramfs with error:Failed to install /lib/libnss_files*- Kernel panic at boot up after kernel update with below error:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
Pid:1, comm: swapper Not tainted 2.6.32-431.1.2.el6.x86_64 #1
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
- initramfs
- dracut
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