On 04/28/2013 08:50 PM, Steve Bergman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have 2 Dell T310 servers running SL 6.4 which boot just fine on
> 358.2.1. However, since the 358.6.1 update, immediately after the grub
> screen, I get a flashing cursor for a little over 7 minutes before the
> first output from the kernel. (This is with rhgb & quiet removed from
> the boot parameter string.)
>
> Neither dmesg nor /var/log/messages reveal anything interesting. And I
> haven't been able to Google or Bugzilla up anyone else who is
> experiencing the problem, though it happens on both of my T310 SL6.4
> servers. Any ideas on what could be causing this? It's got to be
> happening *very* early in the kernel boot process.
>
> I've filed a bug with Red Hat's Bugzilla.

Hmm, I just saw this today with a Dell SC1435, though I gave up waiting. 
  Could you post a link to the bug please?   Thanks.

I was thinking it probably had something to do with the initrd loading, 
but hadn't had a chance to poke around.

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