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OCI: Linux Instance failed with error "Failed to switch root: Specified switch root path '/sysroot'"

Applies to

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later 

Linux x86-64


Symptoms

System boots to Emergency Mode with the following seen in the file /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt:

[   10.876478] localhost systemctl[1019]: Failed to switch root: Specified switch root path '/sysroot' does not seem to be an OS tree. os-release file is missing.
[   10.877378] localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
[   10.877417] localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
[   10.877636] localhost systemd[1]: Failed to start Switch Root.
[   10.887352] localhost systemd[1]: Startup finished in 774ms (kernel) + 0 (initrd) + 10.112s (userspace) = 10.887s.
[   10.887393] localhost systemd[1]: initrd-switch-root.service: Triggering OnFailure= dependencies.
[   10.887964] localhost systemd[1]: Starting Setup Virtual Console...
[   10.891135] localhost systemd[1]: systemd-vconsole-setup.service: Succeeded.
[   10.891441] localhost systemd[1]: Started Setup Virtual Console.
[   10.892147] localhost systemd[1]: Started Emergency Shell.
[   10.892275] localhost systemd[1]: Reached target Emergency Mode.

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