CANNOT LOAD MAC OS X ON MAC MINI

I have recently installed ubuntu linux on my mac mini without partitioning the hard drive. During installation when linux asked me where to install it, I gave it the option of choosing the biggest continuous free space. Everything went on smoothly & linux got installed. Now during startup it does not give me an option of choosing my os for bootup & directly boots into linux. I even dont know where my mac os resides on the hard disk. I tried posting my questions on the ubuntu linux forums but they are not able to help me out. Please help. Is there any way to force mac os x to boot instead of linux? I tried booting by my mac os x installer dvd by pressing option while startup & reinstalling the os but it gets stuck to the screen where it asks me in which hard drive to install the os as the hard drive does not show up during installation. please can anyone help me out.

I had the same booting problem,the mac os x installer dvd also got stuck on the same screen as yours.I then connected an external DVD drive (with the installer dvd) to the usb port and restarted my mini while pressing option as in the normal procedure and strangely enough the system booted from the DVD without any problem.All this happened also yesterday (Apr 19) and I haven't turned off my mac since, still have to find the initial problem, so I don't know yet what the system will do on the next restart.I hope you are still able to eject your installer DVD from the mini, mine wouldn't, so I had to open my mac and retract it manually by unscrewing the top of the combo drive.If you have to do this check out"http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/editors/2005/01/macminiinside/index.php" on how to open your mini - a bit tricky, but do-able.
mac mini   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  
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