RHEL-6.1 does not boot on a IBM x330 and hangs after "Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok"

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Issue

  • After upgrading an IBM xSeriea x330 from RHEL 6.0 to RHEL 6.1, the system is unable to boot. The server stops after the following line:
Probing EDD (edd=off to disable)... ok

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1
  • IBM xSeries 330
  • kernel-2.6.32-131.0.15.el6

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