Powerbook wont boot anymore

I have a problem with my powerbook. I wanted to install Leopard beta from the external firewire hard drive, so I set the target startup mode on (I thought it will boot the laptop from the external hard drive)
After that I could not boot my mac at all!
it gets to the gray screen with the spinning wheel and stuck there.
The last message in the verbose mode is
[HCIController][setupHardwate] AFH is Supported
I can not boot from that external hard drive (), and I don't have original disks anymore...
Any suggestions?
Thanks
anton

See if you can boot in single user mode. Power on and hold down command-s keys. Do a file system check: type
fsck -yf
hit return.
If the disk is repaired do it again until there is no repair indicated two times. Then shut down: type
shutdown -h now
hit return.
Then restart. What are you doing with Leopard beta? This must be unauthorized. Read the Terms of Use of this forum.

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