Why did kickstart installation halt with a garbage characters on blue screen?
Issue
- While trying to deploy Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 machine using kickstart file,
anacondadownloads thestage2.imgfile as well. - But suddenly, it displays a screen with random garbage characters on a blue screen as follows.

Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5
- Kickstart Installation
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