Well the problem therein lies with the fact that sometimes I have to hit a key on the keyboard for it to progress past
Waiting on <dict ID="0"><key>IOProviderClass</key><string ID="1">IOService</string><key>BSD Name</key><string ID="2">disk0s2</string></dict>
and start loading from the hard drive. I've tried putting rd=disk0s2 and even the UUID into the boot.plist to try and get it to load automatically each time, but no luck. So I need to have a keyboard plugged in for it to boot at least. The Mac USB keyboard only ideally. So a solution to either one of these problems makes things _almost_ perfect. (I still get a black screen with a mouse on the first bootup/restart, and then is perfect on the second boot, I believe it's to do with the nvcap settings for my nvinject for the 8400 GS 256mb card, but that's a whole nother story altogether