EMac won't reboot after 10.4.7 combo update

Help! I just installed the 10.4.7 combo update, and my eMac won't reboot. I get to the gray Apple startup screen (no progress dial is displayed), and it won't go any further. Safe mode doesn't work either. Can't get the CD drawer open to boot from CD.
I must have goofed, because I had the iBook connected to the eMac over the AirPort hub at the time it was updating, doing a backup. (The iBook was the client.)
The same update worked fine on my iBook. No issues there. Would appreciate any help!

Hello,
I just went through all this stuff with another guy here.
We did eventually get his machine running again (it took a while, but we hit on the right answer for him).
But, rather than repeat the long and lengthy list of things we tried, I'm going to provide you with the link to our discussion.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2641346#2641346
At the beginning, it will sound more like a complaint. But, it does evolve into a trouble-shooting and repair discussion.
I would recommend reading through the messages from the beginning, and working your way through the discussion.
As you proceed, try each of the ideas on your machine.
With any luck, one of the less dramatic options will work for you.
I hope you find an answer in there.
If you try all that, and still nothing works, then let us know.
I am not trying to "brush you off". But, it was an exhaustive process fixing his machine. And, everything I could offer to you to try would be listed in that discussion.
So, rather than re-invent the wheel (so to speak), I thought it might be best to just have you try the trouble-shooting steps we discussed there.
Let me know how that works out for you. And, let me know if it works.
If it doesn't work, let me know what steps you did try so that I don't suggest something you have already done.
I do hope this helps.

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