This is a problem because intel hw does not provide big real mode, and expects software to handle it. Gfxboot causes the installer to stop at the gfx boot screen. According to #kvm, suse has a patch in gfxboot that detects kvm install and does not attempt to use big real mode, and allows things to get past this issue. The problem with -no-kvm installs is that it is _very_ slow.
Note, this affects xen guest installation as well.
This is a problem because intel hw does not provide big real mode, and expects software to handle it. Gfxboot causes the installer to stop at the gfx boot screen. According to #kvm, suse has a patch in gfxboot that detects kvm install and does not attempt to use big real mode, and allows things to get past this issue. The problem with -no-kvm installs is that it is _very_ slow.
Note, this affects xen guest installation as well.