Can't start from leopard disk to do restore

So if you need to do a "restore all" you need to boot from your system dvd, right? And I've done it in the past. But since the last big system upgrade I can't get the system dvd to boot - just that darned loop - restart, restart, restart.
I even tried to boot from my superduper backup on my firewire disk - no dice there either. Strange. Anyone else seeing issues? Know how to get out of the bootup loop? Is this a problem with the most recent Leopard upgrade?

I'm in the exact same situation. It just keeps cycling through the boot, giving the startup chime, then the same thing all over again. Tried booting it every which way ("c" "option" etc.) and nothing has worked. The only difference between your ordeal and mine seems to be that I've never seen the install disc as an alternate option to the HD during the setup screen (where the image of the HD is on a blue background). Is there no other way to bring the computer back to factory settings?
p.s. I have a call-back appointment with an Apple tech in the morning, so if nothing better comes along, I'll probably have a solution around 10 tomorrow. In the mean time, good luck.=)

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