[24" Imac, 10.5.3] Can't install Vista Home Premium on Boot Camp

I'm having problems getting Boot Camp to run Vista.
I set up a 32 GB Boot Camp partition with Boot Camp Assistant, and encountered no problems. Stuck in my full version of 32-bit Vista Home Premium (includes SP1), and then continued with the installation. iMac reboots, drive spins, and then all I'm left with is a black screen with a dos cursor blinking in the upper left corner. Doesn't respond to keyboard or mouse input. Will reboot into OS X no problem. Below is a list of the things I've tried to resolve the problem, but non have made any difference.
* Booted from Vista DVD while holding down "c"
* Turned off wireless Mighty Mouse & rebooted
* Plugged MS wired mouse into keyboard & rebooted
* Removed all attached USB and FireWire peripherals & rebooted
* Ran Boot Camp Assistant, deleted partition, created new 32 GB partition, rebooted
* Ran Boot Camp Assistant again, deleted partition, created 60GB partition, rebooted
* Consulted apple.com/support/bootcamp and found nothing helpful
* Consulted Support Discussions and could not find any threads dealing with the problem I'm experiencing
Does anyone know how to solve this pesky problem? Advice and suggestions welcome.
Thanks,
R

I would never go back to Vista, forums are where people ask for help. If you looked at the Leopard OS X forum you would definitely never want to upgrade or use Safari or TimeMachine or worry what the next Security Update or to iTunes harbors.
Upgrading from Vista is supported but backup first, and a clean install is always going to be best. And the same goes for even Tiger to Leopard. Also needs to be the same 32 or 64-bit, going from one to the other is not supported.
Some systems, and keyboards and such, are better supported than others. Windows 7 has support for a wide range of current hardware already.

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