GA-EP35-DS4, boot-123 method NOT WORKING .. help kindly required

[dustinspace]

Hi everybody,

 

I am trying everything in order to install the original leopard dvd using the boot-123 method, but after all the BIOS setting permutations and many other ideas I STILL CANNOT GET IT DONE.

That's why I kindly ask your help.

 

(sources)

[1] The BIOS settings

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=77165#

 

[2] The ISO images: GA-P35-DS4_ISO (elastic), GA-EP35-DS3R_ISO

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=114834#

 

 

My system configuration is:

cpu   [Core 2 q6600 @2.4 Mhz], 
mobo  [Gigabyte EP35-DS4]
     , bios[F2]
     , chipset [P35/ICH9R]
     , Audio [Realtek ALC889A]
     , lan [Realtek 8111B], 
ram   [Corsair 4GB DDR2-800 XMS2 DHX CL4], 
video [Gigabyte GeForce 8400 GS 256MB], 
HDD   [samsung SATA 400Gb, Samsung SATA 500Gb, WD IDE 350Gb]

 

What I did:

 

 

>>> PREPARATION <<<

- Burn the GA-P35-DS4_ISO using K3B (linux), source [2]

- Set the bios as shown in the source [1]

- Partition the Samsung 500Gb with GUID and split it into 3 pieces of 155 Gb each; the first two with hfs+ and the third with fat32

- set up the boot device list, with the Samsung 500Gb as the first HDD.

 

>>> BOOTLOADER <<<

- boot the system with the iso image.

- swap the CDs, with the original Leopard dvd

- press F8 and add the parameter -v to the bootloader

 

 

>>> OSX boot <<<

- just wait and everything ends up with a kernel-panic with the error:

unable to find drivers for this platform \"ACPI\"

 

 

 

Considerations:

- My system is a really standard system: many users in this forum have the same equipment

- The system works with Kalyway 10.5.2 + vanilla kernel + audio patch + nvinjekt 2.1

 

 

I'd like to discover where the problem lies and to produce a more compatible ISO image for this board (with audio-driver and nvinjekt and ...)

 

So I'd like to ask for your help, how can I debug the problem.

What information are you missing in order to help me to find a solution?

 

 

 

Thanks a lot in advance,

Dustin