Mac OS 10.4.6 won't startup

Need some expert help--Well, what a way to start a day--
This is what is happening:
When I start-up I get the grey apple screen with the wheel and I am stuck in a loop--have tried restarting numerous times.
This is what occurred before the incident:
Software Utilities detected two updates:
--J2SE 5.0 Release 4 (PPC)
--Mac OS X 10.4.6 for PPC
I asked it to install and it appears the J2SE was, but half-way through the OS update, there was an error message saying something to the effect that the internet connection was lost and the OS files had been placed in the trash.
Then funny things started to happen (I plugged my iPod in at the same time--it is attached to my Firewire drive). I attempted to empty the trash as instructed and in the meantime had shut down all the rest of the apps--The trash would not empty and I couldn't quit the empty process, so did a hard restart.
This is what I have tried to do:
Start-up from my Mac OS 10.4. disk--it wants me to install and is a previous version of 10.4 and I don't have enough room on my hard drive to do an archive and install with the basic system.
Did a repair disk and repair disk permissions on the hard drive--no disk errors, but a great many permissions need to be repaired.
Please help! (and no I didn't back-up since I installed the new system 3 weeks ago, but the only really crucial item is my Entourage data file--everything else I store on my external firewire drive)--I can do an erase and install the software, but need to get those files off my hard drive!
If I can move the files so I can do an archive and install--my preference--I will also need the instructions on how to be a root user so I can get rid of the previous library folder.
I promise everyone out there that Backup will be my first task once I get back up and running.
Thanks in advance for your help. Caroline
iBook Mac OS X (10.2.x)
iBook Mac OS X (10.2.x)

To do an Archive and Install you are going to need to provide about 6 GBs of free space on the hard drive. Even then that is a squeeze - more free space would be preferable under the circumstances. I would shoot to have at least 10 GBs free before starting the Archive and Install. If you install everything in Tiger then you will need even more free space. A complete install of Tiger will require about 4-5 GBs and you need about twice that much during installation plus additional space for operations and the Previous System Folder.
Before doing an Archive and Install you should boot from your Tiger DVD and run Disk Utility to repair the hard drive (you don't need to repair permissions.) Do not attempt an Archive and Install unless the hard drive is verified as OK.
If the Archive and Install is successful you will then want to download and install the 10.4.6 Combo Updater. You will also likely need to move some items from the PSF to the new installation. Particularly items in the /Library/Applications Support/ folder. These are not preserved in the Archive and Install.
You should be able to remove the unwanted PSF by dragging it to the Trash, then restart the computer. Upon restart simply empty the Trash.

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3)Repaired Perms./Verified Disk using startup disk. No errors. Still No go.
4)I have a second account (also admin!)- It's ok.
I wouldn't be averse to deleteing an account but I need to get all my emails etc. from there.
Uh Oh
Well I made a fatal error!!!
I tried reinstalling OSX and archiving the users/settings...The installer couldn't finish.
Now the Mac won't startup
and won't work in Target disk mode!TDM just freezes both computers.
Hard drive test shows no errors. Can't check permissions though. This always stops with an error saying try again.
My only hope will be to go and buy disk warrior tomorrow and see if I can save something from the drive B4 a complete reinstall.
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First have you tried booting the computer from another hard drive (eg a firewire drive using the option button at startup) to see if it's a hardware problem or software problem (or a physical problem with teh internal hard drive)
based on you saying that it takes a long time to get to the login screen and target mode does not work i'd speculate that the hard drive might be on it's way out. This is what most users tend to say when there hard drive is failing. The next thing you usualy get is a horrible whiring sound. hardware test such as those in techtool don't allways show hard drive falure, my internal one recently died and techtool reports everything is within normal paramaters (even S.M.A.R.T !)
if you manage to gain access to your hard drive by whatever means then i'd suggest backing up everything you need and wiping it. then try a fresh install.
it may also help to reset the non volotile ram. to do this you need to hold commandoption+of to enter open firmware mode, then type "reset-nvram" followed by return and then "reset-all" followed by return. it will ask you for a password if you added one using the firmware utility.

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I installed the service desk to sles11sp1 for vmware and it won't startup.
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If I http://ip:8700 I get nothing.
If I netstat -a -n|grep 8700 I get nothing.
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-Trying alternate video card
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Looking at error log and a quick dmesg shows "Package 0 didn't get an HPET" and complains about AppleIntelCPUPowerManagement.kext. Google turns up illegal uses of this, so doesn't apply to my use case.
I'm a bit stumped since all was working well until one day it was non-stop curtains of death and can't get them to go away.
A logic board replacement at $1100 is not a feasible option for something that works on linux and windows, but not OS/X, is a bit disappointing and somewhat surprising.
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Someone here once thought they knew EFI and Open Firmware a little, and used some commands from OF library that an Intel EFI Apple system didn't like. New logicboard.
Of course to run or boot OS X and see video you need EFI based card. The presence of some PC cards can block OS X from booting.
The fact you get part way through SL DVD, pull all the drives, put in a new drive and format it from SL DVD.
Most of the things you tried are what are more common with PC hardware. Including where people have tried and failed to install OS X on unsupported hardware.
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