CS3 Illustrator Installation Problem

I have CS3 Web Premium edition and never been able to install the Illustrator compenent on the two computers I have.  I am using Mac OSX 10.5.8.  All the other applications install without any problems.  When trying to install Illustrator I receive the message "Illustrator Component Failed" with a red X to the left.
Since this is happening on my MacBookPro and iMac would I be correct in assuming that this could be an Adobe CD error?  Does the installation process leave a log file on my computer that I can diagnose the problem?
Assuming this is a CD problem can I download the Illustrator component of CS3 Web Premium for the Adobe site?  My software is legal and have my serial number, will I need to activate the whole suite again or just the Illustrator compenent, will it ask me for my serial number etc?
Thanks so much, although I wouldn't use Illustrator so much it would be nice to get value for money for the investment I made into this software!
Steve

If you mean solution 8 on this page then I have no idea what Adobe mean by this, its just gobbledegook to me.
I looks at the installation log files and the only reference to the dmg file are these two lines here:
Type: 1, Volume Order: 1, Media Name: Adobe CS3 Web Premium, Path: /Volumes/Adobe CS3 Web Premium/Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium/payloads/AdobeIllustrator13en_US/AdobeIllustrator13en_US.dmg
Updating media info for: {C9BE6782-B94E-4EA6-9208-CF92811B28E7}, Effective: {C9BE6782-B94E-4EA6-9208-CF92811B28E7}
Updated install source from removable media info
Type: 1, Volume Order: 1, Media Name: Adobe CS3 Web Premium, Path: /Volumes/Adobe CS3 Web Premium/Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium/payloads/AdobeIllustrator13en_US/AdobeIllustrator13en_US.dmg
Updating media info for: {C9BE6782-B94E-4EA6-9208-CF92811B28E7}, Effective: {C9BE6782-B94E-4EA6-9208-CF92811B28E7}
Updated install source from removable media info

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