In the network configuration script, don't wait indefinitely for the netkvm.sys (virtio-net) adapter to become available. It might not have been installed correctly or there could be some other reason why it doesn't work. This of course indicates a bug in the guest, but it's still better than looping forever. Reported-by: Ming Xie Related: https://stackoverflow.com/a/40841942 Related: https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-50731