Can't Install Boot Camp 2.1 from Leopard DVD

I've just installed Vista 64-bit on a separate hard drive in my 2007 Mac Pro.
When I run Boot Camp from the Leopard DVD, the installation finishes, but then I get the following 2 errors: "Key Agent (Mac HAL) service failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services".
After hitting "Finish", Boot Camp is not installed.
What's up with this?

I have the upgrade Snow Leopard DVD, and it won't install 3.0 without a prior version present. Plus, I need 64-bit drivers.

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Hi Stefan,
Thanks for taking the time to reply to my question! Although I think your steps will "work", per se (and I will try them out as soon as I can), I'm something of a purist in regards to my backups and so this method seems a little hackish as opposed to a process that actually images the volume in question (I'm also curious from a technical perspective, as the Boot Camp Assistant Beta used to allow for a dedicated MacintoshDrivers disc to be burned from it—I liked that method better, to be honest).
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I have 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate running on HD#2 on a Mac Pro 2,1 system (2006). I've installed the Boot Camp 2.0 drivers after I installed Windows, I forget why I needed them, maybe for an old Apple keyboard.
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http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Click on "Downloads", (underneath the big hard drive icon), scroll down a bit and there is a link for "Boot Camp:Upgrading to Windows 7" and another link for Version 3.1 which you need for 64 bit to work right after 10.6.4(?). I would just try downloading the Boot Camp 64bit 3.1 file and try that first if you already have Window's 64 bit installed.
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Here's another link that is all over the place on which machines and which Windows works and what doesn't...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846
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Ok, the story, I will try to make it short:
-Got my Imac a month ago. Installed Boot Camp Vista Home Premium 64 Bit. No problem. Ran smooth.
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-Pressing Alt + Cmd(command) + P + R to *delete the NVRam and PRAM*, did not have any effect. I think I did it right though, because there came a second start up sound.
-Pressing S + Cmd(command) on start up to run *User Single Mode*, with the command; "/sbin/fsck -fy" did not reveal any problems either, except for a weird long messege that kept coming up, and which interupted the line I was writing on several times. The messege was as follows: +":/root# AppleUSBEHCI[0x6e8t000]:: Found a Transaction Past the completion deadline on bus Oxfd, timing out!(Addr: 6EP:4)"+
*Ran a program called Partition Inspector;*
* Report for internal hard disk *
+Current GPT partition table:+
+# Start LBA End LBA Type+
+1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)+
+2 409640 1531068455 Mac OS X HFS++
+3 1531330600 1953525127 Basic Data+
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+Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 0c FAT32 (LBA), active+
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*When running diskutil:*
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/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUIDpartitionscheme *931.5 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 729.9 Gi disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 201.3 Gi disk0s3
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0: FDiskpartitionscheme *931.5 Gi disk1
1: WindowsFAT32 My Book 931.3 Gi disk1s1
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FRMCxFREDADVD *3.5 Gi disk2
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Device Identifier: disk0s3
Device Node: /dev/disk0s3
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Untitled
Volume Name: BOOTCAMP
Mount Point: /Volumes/BOOTCAMP
File System: MS-DOS FAT32
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Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Total Size: 201.3 Gi (216110792704 B) (422091392 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 201.3 Gi (216109285376 B) (422088448 512-byte blocks)
Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
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-I tried taking a different Windows Vista DVD(Windows Vista 32 Bit Home Premium) to see if it could install from that. It could not, and ejected upon startup like the Leopard and 64 Bit Home Premium Vista Installation DVD!
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And speaking of working, I haven't been to work for two days, because I have been home trying to figure this out. It's critical that I get boot camp working. So please, mates, can't you help me.
I simply don't know what to do:(
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