Posted also in my "kernel panic" thread but I figure I will place this here since most visit this thread.
Here is a camera phone picture of what I am running into trying to get the blasted install screen. I have yet to see anything past this point.

I have tried the following at boot

mach_kernel -x
mach_kernel -x -f
mach_kernel -x -f platform=X86PC (and tried ACPI
-legacy

same stuff above just without the mach_kernel but I think you get the point. I have hooked up ps2 keyboard/mouse and disabled the onboard USB. I have also disabled Serial ATA, Parrallel port, onboard audio, onboard lan. I am out of options I think.

Kernel Panic: http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c119/cybercub/IMAGE_00025.jpg