i'm in the same way....
<searching around, it seems to be a sata driver problem;
<in order to solve it, I have a question:
<is your installation dvd d/l from a torrent or from a newsgroup?
<is there a \system\library\extension\ folder inside it?

TIA

fstrings




Fstrings's RIG
CPU AMD Athlon64x2 4400+
Mb Asus M2N32 SLI DeLuxe Chipset nForce 590 SLI
Memoria 2 Gb @ 667 MHz
Grafica Asus EN7300LE (nVidia 7300 LE) ----> QE+CI con Natit
Disco IDE Maxtor 80 Gb (20 Gb boots Tiger, 20 Gb boots Leo, 40 Gb Data)
Disco SATA Maxtor 320 Gb (r/w) ----> kext Medevil 12/07
Disco IDE Maxtor 320 Gb su USB 2.0 Cooler Master
LAN Realtek PCI ----> nativa
Audio AD1988 ----> Azalia 2ch out
Masterizzatore DVD DL Philips IDE
Masterizzatore Samsung DVD DL LightScribe su USB 2.0 LaCIE
OSXs - Tiger JaS 10.4.8 ; Leo 10.5.1 Zephyroth