Computer doesn't boot after Tiger install and restart

I upgraded to Tiger OS from OS 10.2. Neither the upgrade or the Archive and Install worked, so I finally did Erase and Install. Tiger installed and it proceeded to restart. It restarted, however only the gray screen with the apple came up, and NO spinning gear. After waiting for about 15 min. I shut the computer down, and turned it on holding the C button to see if it would start from disk. It did, so I closed out of the disk to try to restart again. Same gray screen, no spinning gear. I'm stuck. Can anyone help? Thank you!

Was this a retail version of Tiger?

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