[rhelv6-beta-list] Problems installing RHEL6

[James Pearson]

Bill Nottingham wrote:
> 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.

Makes no difference ...

>>Or should I report these issues to bugzilla?
> 
> Please report them in bugzilla.

Done - if anyone is interested, #591586 is for the graphics issue and 
#591592 for the disk issue

Thanks

James Pearson