EXT4 filesystem fails to be mounted with error: unknown filesystem type 'ext4'

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • During the reboot, EXT4 filesystem fails to be mounted with error below in journalctl log:
Nov 06 14:33:58 vtuvaina014 mount[748]: mount: unknown filesystem type 'ext4'
Nov 06 14:33:58 vtuvaina014 systemd[1]: boot.mount mount process exited, code=exited status=32
Nov 06 14:33:58 vtuvaina014 systemd[1]: Failed to mount /boot.
-- Subject: Unit boot.mount has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
-- 
-- Unit boot.mount has failed.
-- 
-- The result is failed.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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