OSX reinstall problem + Partioning Issue = scared crazy

Hey everybody. I am in serious trouble so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Here's what I was doing: I was using Drive Genius to add a new partition to my mac so that I can install and dual boot ubuntu. I backed up all my data. yaay. then i started the partition. something went wrong. i lost all my data on my osx partition.
I decided to start anew, create 2 partitions and install the two os's. the problem started when I made a OSX partition and tried to reinstall tiger. the mac verified the disc but it doesnt install the os. I can't understand it. I tried to clear out everything using drive genius and make new partitions but nothing seems to work. Now, i dont have osx let along ubuntu. Can anyone please help? I dont even know where to start. I'm afraid i deleted a partition i wasn't supposed to.

hi barry, thanks for your time.
I'm not worried about my data. It is all backed up. I just need to install the mac tiger os and just get the mac running but everytime I try, it verifies the install disc, tries to install, then tells me an error.
here is the log as it tries to install:
it summarizes all the componenets to be installed like iDVD and garageband and international fonts.
then,
partition map from /dev/diskk0:
# type name size identifier mountpoint
1 guid partition scheme 93 g disk0
2 apple hfs drivegenius 2 g disk0s1
3 apple hfs osx 91 g disk0s2
preparing disk for erase
erasing volume
initialized /dev/rdisk0s2 as a 91 g hfs plus volume with a 8192k journal/n
mounting disk
configouring volume "osx"
preparing disk for os install
cannot make disk bootable at this stage
partition map from /dev/diskk0:
# type name size identifier mountpoint
1 guid partition scheme 93 g disk0
2 apple hfs drivegenius 2 g disk0s1 /volumes/drivegenius
3 apple hfs osx 91 g disk0s2 /volumes/osx
install failed: couldn't prepare volume for installation
it seems to go well and then messes up somewhere.

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