"sh-2.05a#" on crashing initial loading screen.

Yesterday, I had a problem with my cd drive:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1559020&tstart=0
Trying to fix it, I followed these instructions:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106345
which involved updating the hostconfig file. I now wish I hadn't of done this.
I restarted my computer as was told and now it doesn't get past the initial grey loading screen and has a:
"sh-2.05a#"
code message at the top left hand corner of the screen. The loading wheel now stops too.
Please help!!!!
I seriously can't lose everything on my harddrive, it would be a major problem for me.

at the sh-2.05a# prompt you could undo what you did by reversing step 6.
You did do step 6 yes? If you didn't then this won't apply. What step 6 did was copy the original and save as a file called hostconfg.old.
Now following the code below replace the changed hostconfig with the original one that you saved.
6. Type
sudo mv /etc/hostconfig.old /etc/hostconfig
7. Press Return.
8. Type the Admin user password, and press Return. (that might not be necessary here but do so if requested)
Now restart and see if it boots correctly.
By the way, the article that you followed applies to 10.0.1 to 10.0.4. Your profile says you are on Jaguar 10.2, so at first glance, I would not have thought that solution would apply to you.
Try replacing the CD drive. Do you have a spare one around?

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Yesterday, I had a problem with my cd drive:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1559020&tstart=0
Trying to fix it, I followed these instructions:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106345
which involved updating the hostconfig file. I now wish I hadn't of done this.
I restarted my computer as was told and now it doesn't get past the initial grey loading screen and has a:
"sh-2.05a#"
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I seriously can't lose everything on my harddrive, it would be a major problem for me.
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Message was edited by: tom_dutch69

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