10.4.9 pooched mini, second install disc never completes

Like a good Mac owner I tried installing the 10.4.9 update. BIG mistake as it pooched my mini. Update fails to install, forces me to reboot then hangs. Forced a reboot which hangs at Apple logo screen. So I decide to reinstall from CD supplied with Mini. First disc fine, restarts, ejects and asks for second disc. I put the second disc in and it runs all the way until one minute from the end where it hangs. And hangs. So I left it all night and this morning after eight hours it still has one minute remaining.
So I force restart and try the second disc again, same thing, it hangs with a minute to go. I try to reboot and eject the disc by holding the mouse button down, no luck. Reboot holding the Option key down to see if I can change boot volumes, nothing.
So if I can't reinstall from the Apple CDs and can't eject the CD what the heck can I do to fix this thing?
Thanks for any help you might provide!
1.87Ghz Core Duo Mini Mac OS X (10.4.8)

After much work, rebooting over and over I managed to get the second install disc out of the mini. I then ran Disk Utility's "Repair Disk" which didn't find any problems. So, because I have a really good backup I decided to do a clean install from the discs that came with the mini. After a couple of hours, everything was back to normal. I am SO happy that I had a good backup, I was able to reimport all my setting and applications and get back to where I was before all this mess.
Heck I even updated to 10.4.9 without a problem

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