well. When I did the archive install I had 17GB free space, then, when I was done I had 10GB, then I (stupidly) installed adobe CS4 package, which took up most of the 10gb space. Prior to the install, I had 0kb free space, but I deleted a 17gb folder in order to make room for a leopard .dmg (as the dl disk I have didn't seem to work)
So what I did is the following:
-deleted movies folder (17gb space left)
-made a 7.40gb partition of the main (80gb) drive (10gb space left)
-restored the leopard dmg (7.14gb) to the 7.40gb partition (10gb space left)
-booted off the partition (10gb space left)
-archive installed leopard (10gb space left)
-booted up and deleted 7.40gb partition (still 10gb space left) <-- should have 17gb here. where did the 7.40gb go?
-installed cs4
-can no longer boot!
hopefully that will help explain my situation.
pram zap results:
help down cmd,opt,p,r until 3rd chime, apple logo appears, spinner appears, spinner keeps going just as before.
doesn't seem to work
booked a genius appointment, but I don't wanna end up paying apple to fix this. lol I've already replaced the screen, lcd cable, many parts of the wifi system and the dvd drive myself, just cuz apple's prices are too high. I'm not going to do it simply because of a software problem. I still can't figure out what's wrong.