10.3.9 - 10.4.6 upgrade - now no users!!!!!!!!!! can't login

I've been running 10.3.9 for a long time with no problems. A recent app needed 10.4. So I puchased 10.4.6 from my local apple dealer. Inserted the disc. Clicked upgrade.
Restart - can't login using my root login and password
Select change password from utitlies
Put the old one back in
restart
still cant login and my bluetooth keyboard and mouse don't work!
Travel 10 miles to borrow a cabled keyboad and mouse
return
check rest password - reports NO USERS on this volume
what the ** is going on.?
Everyone is on holiday now and the best I can do is install the system on a 10gig firewire drive.
Restart
All my data is still on the main HD
Tried
installing a new system - Keep new users
Nothing - can't login
Tried installing new stsrem - archive old
Nothing - can't login
this is total madness - a simple upgrade - I need the apps on my main HD to finish work before the end of this year
what do I do next???
I don't have any other external drives other than my full 10G
Paul
Dual 2.5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) previous system 10.3.9
Dual 2.5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) previous system 10.3.9

Perform the instructions in sections 1 and 2 of this article; if the issue persists or you don't have a backup, perform the instructions in sections 1 and 3, and then recreate your accounts in the same order they were originally created.
In rare cases, possibly due to using a Mac OS X installation disk of a different version than the version installed, the Reset Password function will corrupt the NetInfo database and require a restoration or recreation. This can also happen on the destination volume during a cloning process.
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