Basic System Restore disk(s) question

Hi
I'm working on a client's 1GHz eMac, which originally came with 10.2, but which I recently wiped to install TIger. It now has 10.4.11. I'm trying to restore the original "extra applications" (principally World Book) but am having problems, both through the restore process and through Pacifist.
I have the "eMac Software Install and Restore" DVD, a grey disk with a disk image and one blob under it. I don't have any other disks - should I? When I run the "Install Applications & Classic Support" package, it installs the System Restore utility, which launches, but then asks me to insert the disk with a picture of a disk image and a single blob under it ... which, I thought, was the disk currently in the drive...?
OK, that didn't work, so ... I try Pacifist v.2.5.1, choose Open Apple Restore Discs, then "Software Restore - Classic and Third-Party Software". Pacifist attempts to load the disk images, but on almost every one gives a warning "The disk image you are opening may be damaged and could damage your system." If I click Yes on all, I get a list of packages to install ... but on attempting to install any of them, get an error talking about a missing directory in /tmp.
Does anyone know what the issue might be? Is there more than one "Software Restore" DVD for the eMac?
thanks!
Matt

To (sort of) answer my own question, I navigated in Terminal to the .images directory on the DVD, copied the WorldBook.dmg file to the desktop, opened it and manually copied the files and folders to their respective locations. It seems to work OK. Not sure why the installers were having such a hard time.
Matt

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