Why does system fails to boot with "dracut: FATAL: Don't know how to handle 'root=UUID'" ?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • System fails to boot with error message .
dracut: FATAL: Don't know how to handle 'root=6713375f-aa88-4f8f-9665-48c091c7e384 '
dracut: Refusing to continue
System halted.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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