Install of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3/5.4 x86_64/ia64 can hang on very large configuration machines

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Issue

When installing RHEL5.3/5.4 x86_64/ia64 on machines with large amounts of memory and large numbers of CPUs the installer can frequently pause waiting for keyboard or mouse input.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3/5.4 x86_64/ia64
  • Very large machines (>16CPUs/32GB-Mem)

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