Installation hangs at "Starting Service enabling compressing RAM with zRam..."

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • Installation hangs after printing Starting Service enabling compressing RAM with zRam...
  • Installing a new system over the network using kickstart gets stuck after saying compressing RAM with zRAM.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

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