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Description of problem: CD install hangs at begginning before installer is shown on screen when system boots from CD with banner: ISOLINUX 4.02 2010-07-21 ETCD Copyright (C) 1994-2010 H. Peter Anvin et al Installation is performed on ISCSI target: NetApp, but it doesn't influence. How reproducible: Always occure when installing on SuperMicro 743I-650. On other systems, f.e. Dell T610 installation doesn't hang. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Put CD to Supermicro 2. Change boot priority to CD be the highest. 3. Boot from CD hangs with banner "ISOLINUX..." Actual results: Installation hangs with banner "ISOLINUX..." Expected results: Installation proceed. Additional info:
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In the absence of any contravening data, this is appears to be a firmware bug. Since this isn't a customer issue, this should be taken up with upstream to help find a workaround rather than here.