Gfxpayload nomodeset
Spiral art set
Now, to see if the framebuffer is the problem, we'll try to temporarily disable it. When the machine first boots, and you're on the black and white GRUB screen, pressing "e" to edit the boot parameters for just this session. At the end of the line that has the kernel version, add "gfxpayload=nomodeset" (w/o quotes).
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