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Add instructions on how to debug a crashed pod

When I was using `kubeadm init`, I ran into an issue where I had passed an
invalid flag through the kubeadm config file. The flag was being passed into
apiserver and preventing it from launching with a "unknown flag" error.

The flag in question is (other flags elided for clarity):

```
admission-control: ...,GenericAdmissionWebhook,...
```

Since this prevented the apiserver from coming up, the setup timed out
and gave me the error message I just modified.

It would be better if the config was vetted more thoroughly, but I think
documenting the backup strategy for viewing logs in case of failure is
also valuable.



**What this PR does / why we need it**:
This PR extends an error message in kubeadm to make it clear a potential step forward for new cluster users.

**Which issue(s) this PR fixes** *(optional, in `fixes #<issue number>(, fixes #<issue_number>, ...)` format, will close the issue(s) when PR gets merged)*:
Fixes kubernetes#59731 

**Special notes for your reviewer**:

**Release note**:
```release-note
NONE
```
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If you are on a systemd-powered system, you can try to troubleshoot the error with the following commands:
- 'systemctl status kubelet'
- 'journalctl -xeu kubelet'
Additionally a control plane component may not have come up in docker. If that's the case, you can enumerate
all docker containers that have been started (including ones that have crashed and exited) by running the
following commands:
- 'docker ps -a'
Once you have that list, you can inspect the logs for any pod with:
- 'docker logs $CONTAINERID'
`)))
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