Installation hangs while creating filesystem

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Issue

  • When attempting to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the installation process hangs when creating a filesystem.
  • On the gui, we see a message similar to:
Creating ext4 filesystem on /dev/sdb3

And this never finishes.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
  • HP DL360p G8

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