dracut is unable to generate a functioning initramfs image

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • After a kernel update the server is unable to boot.
  • The generated initramfs image size is minimal.
  • Manually invoking dracut to rebuild the initramfs image, as described in Solution 1958, leads to the same result.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8

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