many thank for you your help. I was able to find the solution to the issue based on stuff you had given me. This is what I did to resolve the issue:
1 - On the boot from the Ubuntu Live CDROM(Ubuntu/Xubuntu), I chose f6 which is equivalent to the "E" on a normal install(Grub/Boot Loader) and simply added "nouveau.modset=0"(grub loader) or just chose that option from the Live CDROM during the initial install.
2 - Once the install is done, I simply went to the nvidia website and downloaded what I needed:
http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html
3 - When I attempted to install the drivers from "init 1" it didnt like, of course I didn't read the error messages on the screen that simply gave me the correct directions, so I had to "init 5" or boot into GDM normally and stop GDM to be able to install the drivers. I kept wining about the "nouneau" modules being loaded and or in use:
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sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
4 - From the cli I was able to install the nvidia drivers without issues.
5 - After the install was done of the drivers, after a reboot I noticed there was a NVIDIA splash screen and I wasnt going to have that so I had to add this option in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to the device section:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/nvidia-guide.xml
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Section "Device"
Identifier "nVidia Inc. GeForce2"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
VideoRam 65536
EndSection
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