Hey all, first post on the forums. This place is a GODSEND!!

So, I got my hands on the latest iDeneb release, as well as the Leo4ALL and also a KALYWAY release too.

I keep having random issues with each, and I haven't the patience, or technical knowledge, to know exactly what I should even be LOOKING at in order to figure my stuff out.

SO, I figured the best thing to do is to simply ask people who know.

The laptop I'm trying to get this working on is an HPDV8309US.


Specs are as follows:
Processor type
Turion 64
1.8GHz

Level 2 cache:
1MB
Memory

RAM
1024MB 333MHz DDR
RAM expandable to:
2048MB

Hard drive size
80GB 5400RPM

DVD SuperMulti (DVD-RAM, DVD+/-R double layer) drive with LightScribe
Maximum CD/DVD speed
8X DVD±RW

17" WXGA+ High Definition BrightView Widescreen
Maximum screen resolution 1440 x 900

128MB DDR (dedicated)
ATI Radeon® Xpress 200M IGP

AND, if I'm not mistaken...the chipset is HP Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset Family.



So, folks, what's the verdict. Which release/distribution should I go with? What patches or other/extra files will I need?

Any and ALL advice is appreciated.

Thanks folks, and cheers! Hope to start learning little by little, and become a contributing member of this community!

can you tell us your issues

I have now, currently, tried three seperate distros on this laptop, after realizing (of course) what a horrible newb I sounded like.

I've thusfar used the THREE following distributions:
1) KalyWay 10.5.2
2) Leo4ALL V4.1
3) iDeneB 10.5.5

I've tried the boot flags "-f -x -v" all separately, and then in combination, and then all three at once.
I've alsooooo tried booting with the command "rd=disk0s1 -v"

The hard drive is identified on 0, and the intended partition is partition 1, just for the record-so I know the command is correct.

With iDeneb and Leo4All, I get this following error:
"RTL8139::FixEnetFlowControl - Flowcontrol is Disabled"
Waiting for root device
Still Waiting for root device...etc.

AND I also get:
"FireWire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to full-secure."
^I get that one with iDeneb.

With KalyWay, I get:
IOPCCardBride::Start Failed
"RTL8139::FixEnetFlowControl - Flowcontrol is Disabled"
"FireWire unable to determine security-mode; defaulting to full-secure."

I get all three.

SO, anybody wanna point me in a direction, help me, advise me? Maybe something I can do?

In the meantime, I've been going through hackintosh.org and also insanelymac to see what I can find.