System fails to boot with 'error: not a correct xfs inode' when using network boot with chainloading on VMWare

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

After selecting the Grub option Chainload Grub2 EFI from ESP system fails to boot with error: not a correct xfs inode

Error example

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

  • VMWare

  • PXE/HTTP boot chainloading to VM hard disk

    Chainloading example

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