> In my experience (read: on my Mac), when I switch to a 2.4 kernel, I > also have to select video=ofonly (I think that is the no video driver > checkbox).
On my Power Mac 6500/225 I need to do the opposite, setting the "no video driver" box for the 2.2.20 install image, but not for the 2.4.18 woody image. It almost certainly depends on your video hardware and what drivers have been compiled into the image.