System hangs on boot when reserving memory in RHEL 7
Issue
- Adding
memmapparameter causes the system to hang on boot but removing the parameter allows the system to boot - Adding a sane
memmapparameter with '!' or '$' character causes the system to hang on boot - System hangs on boot with a blinking cursor or the following messages
early console in setup code
Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok
- System panics on boot with
Kernel panic - not syncing: Cannot find place for new RAMDISK of size #########
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Hardware/Hypervisor independent
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