help im stupid

[megamoo]

Im trying to run iatkos v7 on my x86 pc and i have downloaded the iso, burnt the image to a dvd, installed it on a clean hard drive.... but when it tries to boot it just hangs at the apple logo screen. I've read numerous posts about it and have hit f8 when its loading and i get a little green freaky animal grinning at me and a choice between apple and apple hfs (don't know what that means) and ive tried typing -v and -f -x and it either then hangs at a black screen, or at the same apple logo screen. Clicking on apple hfs does nothing and it switches to the one that just says apple. Can anyone suggest what i should do next? I don't understand most of the technical language in the posts on how to fix it. any help would be appreciated.

[Ianxxx]

All I can tell you is that -x is safe mode, and -v is verbose mode,
I would start by booting -v and either take a pic of the screen or write down the contents and ask people about that,
Basically at the moment all your saying is my computer won't boot up why is that?
You need to give people something to work with, also not sure this is the right place for this post. try your next post under leopard or snow preboot

[SomniusX]

@megamoo .. tried other distro?

[spalek83]

what is your system specs

what are you selecting when you install the distro, exactly.

using the wrong options on install can brick your install, using the wrong kernel can brick your install. the list goes on. until you provide more info, all we can do is blindly guess