I have a system based on the Intel i810 chipset, using the onboard video.

When booting the 3.9 CD, there are a couple of issues:

1. (minor) I get the message "You passed an undefined mode number."
This is not a big problem; I type 0 and things continue on.

2. (major) X fails to start. It gives me a garbage display.
(Typing ctrl-alt-F2 [or F1/etc] does work okay to get me to a
alternate virtual text console.)

I've done some searching here and found that I can get X to work by
initially giving the "3" argument to "Boot:" and then typing (once I get
the prompt):

modprobe intel_agp
startx

I've noticed that other people using Intel chipsets are experiencing
the same problem. Perhaps a bug fix is in order?