Hi chillybilly I followed your instructions as close as I could
Firstly I downloaded the software and make the boot cd with it and then I followed the steps to swap the discs over etc. But when I entered -v -x it would load and then end up with a kernel panic which I think it's called and it just stays at that screen then when I started trying different ways like just clicking enter instead of inputting -v -x the apple loading screen would come up but there would be no loading wheel beneath the apple logo and I get stuck at that loading screen.
These are my laptops specs :
Processor - AMD Athlon 64x2 QL-65
Ram- 8GBs
Graphics card- ATI RAEDION
250GB SATA HDD
The laptop is a packard bell TJ61 easy note
I've spent hours tackling the problem and have now run out of ideas
Any help would be greatly appreciated

thanks.