Can't seem to get any install method even started!

[blue_misfit]

Hey folks,

 

So I'm building a hackintosh for a friend, and I'm having a real bear of a time just getting the damn install started!

 

I figured I'd go with an Intel DP43TF, since it's supposed to be very compatible, and is overall just a good board (13 damn screws to get it in the case. NICE)

 

I've been out of the scene for a long long time, and decided I'd have a go with Boot 132, and a retail 10.5.6 DVD.

 

First, I set the BIOS to AHCI mode, since I've heard it's definitely the way to go.

 

Fine, so I burn the Boot 132 image, boot up off it, and I get the Darwin prompt.

 

As instructed, I swap for the Leopard DVD, and push enter. It asks me for the boot device, and no matter what I try (tried 90, 80, etc all to no avail) it doesn't boot.

 

Okay, so I figure, maybe i'll get Kalyway 10.5.3 installed first, and work from there.

 

I pop in the Kalyway disk, and try to boot up, and boom, I get the error:

 

"System config file '/com.apple.Boot.plist' not found.

 

After much fiddling and pure, unadaultered rage, I switched the BIOS back to ATA mode, and things actually start loading! They immediately crash to the log, and the last few error messages I see relate to USBEHCI unable to initialize UIM or something like that, and FireWire being unable to determine security mode.

 

I also see a lot of stuff in there about the JMicronATA controller, which is odd because I don't have any IDE devices connected. I also remember something about a JMicron controller handling some of the SATA ports, so I tried some different SATA ports, to no avail

 

I'm at a loss.....

 

Any ideas? I'm going to try all the other images I can get my hands on....

 

Thanks in advance!!!!!

~MiSfit

 

Okay, so I also tried iATKOS in ATA mode, and I get a giant vomiting of error messages relating to :

 

SAM Multimedia READ or WRITE failed

 

It actually tries to boot in AHCI mode (unlike Kalyway), but has the same error messages

 

Next up - iDeneb (in AHCI mode)

 

HOLY {censored} IT BOOTS ZOMG

 

There's a lot of error messages in verbose mode... but it actually booted to a GUI installer.

 

I'm trying an install as I type this!

 

Well.. that didn't work. I selected the appropriate packages, but install crashed almost right away.

 

Still trying