I fixed this problem by booting with a grub 2 disk. I changed the grub 2
command line to vga=normal.
I removed quiet and splash to skip the unviewable boot splash.
This allows the garbled characters to be seen.
I have an hvr-1600 card in the box so I guess it is still subject to the boot
hang
I also have 7300 LE and get the exact same screen on boot up of a new
installation.
I also get it if I move a working install on a 6200 nvidia from a system
with a flat panel monitor to an old analog vga monitor.
It would seem to be the nvidia X driver.
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