[rhelv6-beta-list] Problems installing RHEL6

[Bill Nottingham]

James Pearson (james-p at moving-picture.com) said: 
> I'm trying to install RHEL6 beta on a dual Opteron (252) system with
> an nVidia based CK804 motherboard. The graphics card is an nVidia
> FX1400
> 
> The first problem is that when the graphical installer starts, the
> screen is corrupted - this also happens with the 'basic' video
> driver install option. It is then not possible to continue with the
> install.
> 
> Text mode does work, but then the installer fails to find the hard
> disks. The machine has 2 WDC WD740GD SATA disks using the on board
> CK804 SATA controllers. The sata_nv module is loaded.
> 
> The machine currently has CentOS 5 installed and the disks work fine.
> 
> Are these known issues? Are there any workarounds?

You may try booting with 'nomodeset', but that's not really supported
with the nouveau driver.

> Or should I report these issues to bugzilla?

Please report them in bugzilla.

Bill