Leopard on zv5000

Thanks for the response, but it did boot to the DVD, but when I try to load the drive with the options I think will work with this machine it crashes half way through the installation and reboots. Not sure if it is the kernel or the fact it has the nforce chip set?

Here are the specs:

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product MPN
MPN 559158
Key Features

Processor Mobile Pentium 4-M 2.4 GHz
Installed Memory 500 MB (DDR SDRAM)
Hard Drive 50 GB IDE, 4200 RPM
Display 15 in. XGA TFT LCD
Motherboard Bus Speed 533 MHz
Storage Controller Type IDE
CD / DVD Type DVD-ROM Optical Drive Read Speed 8x (DVD)
Display Tech XGA TFT LCD
Screen Size 15 in.
Display Max. Resolution 1024 x 768
Video Graphic Processor ATI Mobility RADEON 9000 IGP
Expandability 1 x Type I/II PC Card Slot, Docking Station/Port Replicator
Expansion Ports 3 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394a (FireWire), VGA out, Parallel Port, RJ-11 (modem), RJ-45 (NIC), S-Video out
Input Method Keyboard • Touchpad
Networking
Networking Type Integrated Network Card Data Link Protocol Ethernet • Fast Ethernet
Modem Analog Modulation Protocol ITU V.90 • ITU V.92

If anyone knows any known issues with this particular machine running Leopard please let me know.

Oh by the way I am using the same flavor of Leo 10.5.5 as the one I used on my desktop machine, iATKOS v5i. By all rights this version should work flawlessly, but yet it still does not want to load, just reboots half way through the loading process. Could it be that I am choosing the wrong options in customize?

It reboots just about half way through loading the OS, when it is actually loading the hard drive. I am sure it is the options I am choosing. I am not sure if the version I have has the ToH kernel or not. I do believe I will have to just keep trying different combinations until one at least loads. I can fix it from there, but I have to at least get it to boot with the correct kernel first. I am going to have to figure out how I can load the system with the command line, so I can see exactly what is going on and where the kernel panic is detected causing it to reboot.
Keep shooting me ideas guys, it helps keep me focused..lol

Well so much for that...I am on a satellite connection and the file is just too big for me to download without getting FAPed (fair access policy), so I guess I am stuck unless someone can get it for me and burn it to dvd. I am not sure if asking this is against the site policy,but if anyone can send me a copy of this version of OSX I would greatly appreciate it. I would gladly pay the postage and the cost of the media. Paying for the the software however would be unethical .

Okay I finally got all of my system specs thanks to a handy program, Everest Home Edition.

HP Pavilion ZV5000

Pentium 4 3GHz
Crucial 2700 DDR 1Ghz
North Bridge - ATI RS300M
South Bridge - ATI SB200
ATI Mobility 9000/9100 IGP (RS300M)
AC97 Audio ATI SB200
Realtech RTL8139 PCI
Broadcom 802.11g Wireless Adapter

Now I am using iATKOS v5i distro, but I am having Kernel panics on almost every option I choose, so if there is anyone out there that is familiar with this distro and this hardware configuration I would greatly appreciate some guidance. I have already checked the Wiki site for hardware compatibility and from what I have seen this should work.

I think I may be having an issue with my chip set. I can't seem to find the right combination to get it loaded. However I did get it past the kernel panic stage a couple of time, but it just hung on the boot screen. I need a different flavor of this distro with more options, then I may be more successful.

Well I finally got it to load, but I have no keyboard or mouse control. PS2 drivers are not working..grrrrrrr! No USB support either, so I have no clue how I am going to get that to work. I have limited options with this distro. Any ideas?

@ImkantusVerbose Screen?

Oh yes all of the above. -V -X -F CPUS=1, I have tried them all, but nothing worked. No kernel panic that I could see, but it did have something to do with my USB Sleep. That much I am sure about. I do believe it has something to do with the ACPI option I am using, I just can't seem to get the right combination.

Okay I tried a different approach this time. I burned a new distro to my flash drive and booted to it using Chameleon and it boots fine, but once I go to load the distro on my hard drive my internal drive is not present? The system does not see my internal hard drive at all. If I boot from my old distro from DVD it does see the drive, but not booting from a flash drive?
Now I am getting a bit flustered..lol

Any ideas as to why this is happening?

Okay followed the instructions on the post about creating a bootable flash drive. All has gone well so far. I still cannot get the system to recognize my keyboard or mouse once OS X loads? I am not sure why, but I will continue to choose different chipset drivers until I find the right combination. Are the keyboard and mouse in a laptop considered PS2 devices?

Yes, I did it with the Brazil Mac DVD patched with the TOH Sleep kernel.

But I would suggest a more modern method now, Like iAtkos, or Empire EFI ect.

It will only load with a USB DVD drive, then you select USB floppy as boot device, internal DVD-ROM wont boot the DVD.

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@fairlyoddBy all rights this version should work flawlessly, but yet it still does not want to load, just reboots half way through the loading process. Could it be that I am choosing the wrong options in customize?

Can you say when it reboots?
Propably directly after the grey Apple screen appears, or at a time you've already had the spinning wheel beeing displayed?

What Kernel are you using - tried with selecting ToH, yet?

Well you could just build or download a BrazilMac DVD and delete its default kernel and replace it with the TOH kernel, that worked perfect for me.

Matter of fact this was my first OSX86 attempt...

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@fairlyoddbut it just hung on the boot screen.

Verbose Screen?