I had an s10 running 10.5.6 retail DVD dellfi method. Today it's stuck on the grey apple screen. I've been searching google, and trouble shooting since 8am. Other than actually knowing what the problem is I covered all the advice I could find so far beside 1: getting the hd erased at a shop 2: buying an external DVD drive. I've tried to do a re install but the dellminiboot formatted USB drive I initially used come up disk error, and the initial mac os x formatted USB drive now comes no os found. So is anyone savy with the os on a command line level, I need to know what to fix and booting -v is Chinese to me. If ur in NYC or bergan, passiac county Nj or the surrounding area I would bring a bottle of belevedere and a cheeseburger to your front door for a fix!
For a detailed run thru on what happened, my last post was indepth. I didn't want to drag this one out too, just need to find someone who understands this.