Hi,
No, I've not opened a bug because I'm not sure if there is a bug.
I've noted a strange behavior of installation tools starting from a CD.
Sometime it reads the CD, asks about its test, but then doesn't find a image.
Some other times it asks only few question in text environment and then starts a confused bitmap.
I've also thinked about a some problems with USB ports (No the DVD device because I'm using this with other PC without problem).
Is not a problem related the mainboard because with this I'm able to install CentOS.
Instead I've noted that after the installation of Centos I'was not able to install SME 8 nor SME 9 because I've some exception error.
Furthermore, using the ISO image with my ESXi server I'm able to install SME 9 without problem.
So I've formatted disk with Win8.1 and then started a new SME installation.
This time I chose in the installation menu of CD the item "Installing with VESA drivers" and I finally saw the end.
I've not added anything to the kernel, only chose a item in the menu.
I hope I was helpful.