stopping graphic console on boot

[Keith A. Clay]

Ok. Let me be more specific since no one has addressed the problem yet.

When I boot, it gets to 'Initialzing hardware' and shows a list of 
things it's init'ing.  while doing that, it loads the rivafb driver 
(nvidia video card).  I can only stop it by going and renaming the 
rivafb driver so it can't find it, then I can load my nvidia driver for 
my x-session.  How do I stop the hardware init from loading a video driver?

keith