10.5.5 and PMU reset locks Hard Disk!

I upgraded my PB G4 12 from 10.4.11 to 10.5.5 and right away I noticed a drastic
shortening of battery life. I reset the PMU and now the HD is locked. When I attempt
to copy or create a new document a message appears stating that there is no space.
available
Even though there are 23 GB of data, The HD Info window shows
Capacity: --
Available: --
Used: Zero bytes on disk.
I attempted to repair permission, but to no avail.
Should I go back to 10.4.11?

I get dozens of the "ACL found but not expected ..." messages, all on the contents of System/Library/User Templates/. When I go to System/Library/ in Finder, only the User Templates folder has a red icon on it, indicating that I do not have access to it (when logged in as an admin). The icon does not appear on any of the other folders in System/Library. Does anyone have any idea on what's going on?
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