EXT4 filesystem fails to be mounted with error: unknown filesystem type 'ext4'
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
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-- Unit boot.mount has failed.
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-- The result is failed.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
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