OK I finally got the cache file record to work and here was the content of the file that was written when I went to the home page of my front end.

installerConfigKeys|a:1:{s:8:"language";s:7:"english";}logfilename|s:27:"Dec-17-2010_02-37-45-j8mTLW";installerConfigInfo|a:0:{}

I have no idea what this means. I have also tried a couple different things without any success. I have circled around and come back to where I have started. I am thinking now I may have deleted a file off of my server unintentionally. Hope this may help you diagnose my probs it possible. Thanks!