From being stuck in Darwin/BSD to a blue screen loop

Hi,
I guess I must face the idea that my BabyMac might be dead. But, I'm going to keep trying until I know for sure.
I was changing permissions this pm, and Restarted the Finder... then restarted. When the computer booted up, it took me only to the Darwin/BSD (console) screen. My disc drive doesn't seem to be working, or maybe my disc, so that's moot.
I followed the directions given by Michael Conniff on "Restoring the NetInfo database after an Authorisation failure,". I may have messed up on where it says that "...you need to list the uids against the shortnames given in the final column" because I don't understand what is meant by "list." List them where? How? BUT, nevertheless, I then continued with "reboot" as stated.
Instead of starting up in the Setup Assistant mode, the computer seems stuck in a loop between a blue screen with the curser (about 2 sec), a blank blue screen (flash), then a blue screen with the little rotating grey circle (about 2 seconds) then another blue flash, then everything all over again.
That is where I'm at now. Any suggestions on how to get my BabyMac back?

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http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8441597#8441597
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http://www.askdavetaylor.com/howdo_i_reset_my_mac_os_x_admin_rootpassword.html
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ok. first I couldn't log in with my previous nickname (not sure why) so I created a new one. Anyways, thank you for your reply and I'm sorry for coming off like jack it's just that losing your data three times will do that to you. I will tunnel my anger back at Microsoft I guess.
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