Blue screen on restart after 10.4 install

i have an ibook and tried to upgrade to 10.4 from 10.2.8. after having to try twice to install 10.4 (i kept getting the "try again" error message), it worked. but on restart, after the grey "OS X" screen, it goes to a blue screen and just sits there like it's finished starting up. the screen saver even goes on after awhile.
any help will be greatly appreciated!
ibook   Mac OS X (10.4)  

You could try to boot with Command-V and see if anything relevant shows up there (verbose boot mode).
Where does the CD you use to install comes from ? Is that a retail version or one delivered with another machine ?
If you have another mac, you can try to apply the combo update 10.4.8 to your system (attach your sick mac's hard drive by booting it in Target mode ("T" key at early boot state).

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