Why does system fails to boot with error "Failed to open \EFI\redhat\grubx64.efi - Not found" ?

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Issue

  • System fails to boot fails with below error

    Failed to open \EFI\redhat\grubx64.efi - Not found
    failed to load image \EFI\redhat\grubx64.efi - Not found
    start_image() returned Not Found
    
    Unexpected return from initial read: Volume corrupte buffer size 1000 
    Failed to load image \EFI\redhat\grub64.efi :Volume corrupt
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • UEFI

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