Server fails to boot with "Initramfs unpacking failed"
Issue
Server fails to boot with console logs showing Initramfs unpacking failed: before a kernel panic. The following are potential examples;
Initramfs unpacking failed: junk in compressed archiveInitramfs unpacking failed: uncompression errorInitramfs unpacking failed: read errorsegfault in ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Specifically with kernel version
4.18.0-553.47.1.el8_10
- Specifically with kernel version
/bootwith ext4 filesystem
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