OSX86 10.5.x: early installation attempts

Tried these DVD's:

• Kalyway 10.5.2 EFI v8

boot -v fails at NIC driver, hanging for 10+ min at "expecting Broadcom 5751, got Broadcom 5721"

• iATKOS 10.5.2

"failed to validate" (probably caused by either hardware support or dust-ridden old DVD burner causing i/o inconsistencies)

Partition Magic to create a FAT32 partition "MacOSTM" on NTFS disk

Starting with 5-year-old Dell Diimension 8400, I changed hardware:

• NIC: from onboard to Intel Pro PCI 10/100 board
• Graphics: from ? to Radeon HD 3650
• Sony DVD burner to replace dusty one (which caused i/o inconsistencies?)
• upgraded Intel Matrix Storage Manager (to reduce blue screens at startup)

booted iATKOS 10.5.2 DVD, resulting in:

• validates (with new dust-free DVD drive!).
• only graphics mode using new 3650 board: 1024x768.
• no sound
• but otherwise, success!

Problem: downloaded apps (e.g. Firefox, Thunderbird) not found

installed 3650.pkg using Pacifist and reboot
Success: better graphics!

After 10.5.3 Combo DVD we have these...

Problems:

• mouse unresponsive
• TimeMachine failed to see backup partition (FAT32)

Complained to GregA