Problem with start-up on iMac after installing Leopard

I have recently installed Mac OS X 10.5.4 on my iMac and also installed Time Capsule. Now when I turn the iMac on I get the white screen with the grey Apple symbol and the small count down clock/circle for around 1 minute. Then the Apply symbol becomes a grey circle with a line across it (like a non-smoking sign). The fans in the iMac then start up and I have to do a hard shut down using the power switch. I have tried holding the Option key down after the Apple chime on start up and then attempting to select the drive. This worked once but has not since. Does anyone have any idea what I should try next? Many thanks.

I have the same problem. I read this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
And followed the instructions. Basically my problem is that when the system boots, it goes into the desktop but not quite, and then reboots again with the gray screen, then shows the desktop again for a small amount of time, then reboots again.
So I started from my OSX DVD 1 and ran the Disk Utility as recommended. Ran the "Repair Disk" twice. Then ran the "Repair Permissions" twice. (It showed some messages like "ACL found but not expected in /Library" etc).
When I reboot, it still has the same problem. Won't show my desktop at all.
What else can I do now? What is that ACL issue and how can I fix it (or do I have to - http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448 )?
Never had these issues with even the lesser OSes like Windows
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