Leopard installation reboot problem

[nitzw]

Hi all,

 

I just tried to install the Zephyroth DVD Leopard 10.5.1 (AMD SSE2-SSE3 (32bits)). I can't even start to install the DVD, because my PC always reboot there (before any menu):

...

BSD root: disk0s3 major 14, minor 2

ERROR: Fire-wire unable to determine scurity mode; defaulting to full-secure.

ERROR: Fire-wire unable to determine scurity mode; defaulting to full-secure.

 

I followed these steps:

- used diskpart to create/select a primary partition on an unpartitioned drive.

- booted with "-v -x"

 

Nothing changes. My PC is:

 

WinXP

Motherboard: ASUS K8VSE-Deluxe

CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (supports SSE2, and verified with CPU_Z)

Video card: ATI Radeon 1600XT

HDD: Sata

 

Please help! Do I have the correct installation DVD?

Best regards.

[nitzw]

Ok, I found out that 10.5.1 is not compatible with SSE2. So I patched the kernel with the SSE2 version and it worked. Now, I can enter the Installation screen and start the DiskUtility app. But I can't find my HDD in there. I tried a SATA one, and IDE one. Both are not showing.

 

I followed these steps to prepare my HDDs, using diskpart in WinXP:

- List disk

- Select disk [disk #]

- List partition

- create partition primary id=af

- active

 

Then rebooted and used the patched DVD. As mentionned in my previous post, I have an ASUS K8VSE Deluxe mobo. The chipset is:

- Northbridge: VIA K8T800 (VT8383) rev.01

- Southbridge: VIA VT8237

 

From what I read, I think its supported, but is it in the 10.5.1 version? or only the 10.5.2? Can I patch the 10.5.1 installation DVD to support it so I could avoid d/l the 10.5.2?

 

Please, I've searched before posting, I need help here.

Thanks.

[nitzw]

anyone, please?

 

I'm not looking for a complete answer hand-in-hand, I just need a path to start searching. I'm stuck.