Post kernel-core package installation files like vmlinuz, initramfs, System.map, config and symvers are not deployed because of missing /etc/machine-id

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Latest kernel files under /boot are missing

    For example:

# rpm -Vv kernel-core-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64 | grep missing
missing   g /boot/.vmlinuz-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64.hmac
missing   g /boot/System.map-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64
missing   g /boot/config-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64
missing   g /boot/initramfs-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64.img
missing   g /boot/symvers-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64.gz
missing   g /boot/vmlinuz-4.18.0-425.19.2.el8_7.x86_64

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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