On install, no disk images on desktop - HELP!

Installing to an iBook, everything loaded seemingly fine. But then...
- There are no HD or Finder icons on the desktop. Completely blank. As a result, it's rather difficult (but not impossible) to navigate. There is a Dock, however, and I can use that.
- A spinning disk is continual.
- When programs are closed, it's impossible to use the Apple-Finder-Edit-View..etc part of the desktop. (I can use the Dock menu to use most apps, but downloads and navigation on the opening screen are impossible.
I tried using Disk Utility, but I can't get that to work even on my two successful installs (iMac G5, MacBook G4).
The vanished Finder seems to be the the problem...but how do I get it back?
Thanks
Message was edited by: Poikkeus

Sorry to hear that...I had the exact same problem. It would take a few restarts to get to the desktop, and when I did get there, all the icons were missing and the Finder was locked up. Hopefully, you have backed up all of your data. If not, I was able to navigate to Backup/HD by using Spotlight. I tried restarting the Finder several times, but no luck.
If you have a Tiger intall disk or the restore CD's, try to boot from one of those and run Disk Utility to repair permissions. That helped a bit for me.
Ultimately, I had to boot from CD and erase the hard drive. I ended up re-installing Tiger, and I am going to wait for some of the bugs to get worked out in Leopard before I try again.
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