On Thu, 13 Jul 2023, Jay F. Shachter wrote:
The computer immediately says "Invalid partition table!"
This is very likely a message from the BIOS telling you that there's something wrong with the partition table. Just zero it out: Exit the installer (sysinst) in the main menu, then run: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/rwd0 bs=1m count=10 That will zero-out 10 MB of your first (S)ATA disk. Make sure you have the correct disk here! You can get back to installer by typing `exit' or Ctrl-D.
And then, a few seconds later, it crashes. [ 6.5091723] nouveau0: error: unknown chipset (ffffffff)
This looks like flaky hardware. Disabling the nouveau DRMKMS driver like the previous user suggested should work here. At the bootloader prompt, you can also do: userconf disable nouveau* boot -RVP