stopping graphic console on boot

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On 3/24/06, Keith A. Clay <clayk at acu.edu> wrote:
> 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?

I do a text install and after the machine is up I install the nvidia
driver. Perhaps that could work for you too?

John