Looking at the y2log (another run), it's waiting between these two lines: 2018-03-06 06:42:32 <1> linux-b5em(2214) [Ruby] modules/BootStorage.rb:256 Boot device - disk: /dev/sda 2018-03-06 06:43:02 <2> linux-b5em(2214) [Ruby] modules/Initrd.rb:428 Probing VGA modes failed, using fallback list