My iBook is back! All my data is still intact. Life is good.
Now, to tempt fate, I will repartition the drive, reinstall OS X, and try to get Mandrake PPC running!
Beautiful day, the new plan is kicking my butt, but life is good. I tried climbing the random rope I found in a tree today – didn’t get very far. Tomorrow I will get farther.
I reformatted a hard drive once and never want to do it again. Good luck! :)