Peter, thanks. This is beginning to feel like a lot of work. I found an old video adapter, installed it, then in the BIOS forced the system to use it. ClearOS installed cleanly and is running properly. I contacted AMD this morning and told them their Linux instructions, well, don't work. I'll watch the forums and support websites. Perhaps later a good solid fix will present itself.

My new system has a solid state disk drive. OMG! This new system is FAST.