[CentOS] Cannot boot CentOS 7 VM after updating Host CentOS 7 Kernel

Mon Oct 31 00:54:58 UTC 2016
Steven Tardy <sjt5atra at gmail.com>

> On Oct 30, 2016, at 7:31 PM, Paul R. Ganci <ganci at nurdog.com> wrote:
> 
> Now the question is how did this happen.

I've seen something similar when installing a kernel if /etc/fstab didn't match df. Mkinitrd bombs out leaving the system unbootable. The rescue .iso/mkinitrd path you followed was the fastest way to get the system up.