RHEL 4 Update 3/Centos 4.3 installation hangs during disk formatting on systems with ATI Rage XL video

Problem:

RHEL 4 Update 3/Centos 4.3 installation hangs during disk formatting on systems with ATI Rage XL video.

Details:

This is a known issue with the RHEL 4 Update 3/Centos 4.3 installer. The problem is described in this RedHat FAQ:

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_85_7889.shtm

Solution:

The lockup can be avoided by: