SL for Intel D945GTP mobo, P4 3.2 GHz Prescott?

[bhushan2005]

Hi,

 

I am just tired of trying out everything. But nothing seems to be working.

 

My PC config:

 

Processor: Intel Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz (Prescott)

Motherboard: Intel D945GTP

Chipset: Intel® 82945G Express Chipset Family

Instruction set supported: MMX, SSE (1,2,3), EM64T

Bios Version: NT94510J.86A.4131

RAM: 2 GB DDR2

Graphics: Intel 82852/82855 GM/GME = GMA 950 (128 MB)

Ethernet: D-Link DFE-538TX 10/100 Adapter

Audio: Intel Integrated Audio

DVD Rom: attached with SATA cable to the motherboard

HDD: attached with IDE cable to the motherboard (40GB)

Microsoft PS2 Keyboard

Microsoft USB mouse

 

The HDD has 2 partitions, both primary. On one of them I have Windows XP SP3.

The BIOS has HPET option enabled.

 

The previous experiences were:

 

1. tonymacosx86: Burnt [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] to cd. After booting through the cd and then inserting the Mac SL Retail DVD (downloaded from isohunt) the icon doesnt change to SL. Could not progress further.

 

2. ToH: Got installed successfully after I had formatted my entire HDD to remove xp also. ToH version is quite old, 10.5.3. So when i tried updating it to 10.5.8 from the built in update system, it crashed. Also, if I have XP in another partition the ToH does gets installed, but does not boot up.

 

3. iATkos s3 v2: Gets installed without any problem. But does not boot. Tried with cpus=1 busratio =16 arch=i386 flag but still no success. Also, tried customizing the installation by selecting the modified kernel. That too didnt work.

 

 

Can someone pls help me here. Which distro should i go along with and how?

 

Also, what is the difference between iAtkos s3 v2 and iatkos v7?

 

Waiting for your replies .......

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also, all the times i have tried installing from my dvd drive.

 

ideally i would like to have dual boot xp and SL on the same hdd.