Error installing Leopard- now what?

i tried upgrading from 10.3.9 to Leopard. There was any error halfway throught the install, now i cant boot up at all. Cant even access the OSX installation off the DVD. Can i re-install 10.3x from the grey cd without losing all my data?
HELP!

Welcome To  Discussions meida!
Did you choose to do a Simple Upgrade, an, Erase & Install, or an Archive & Install?
Did you create a backup of the system before the failed upgrade?
"Can i re-install 10.3x from the grey cd without losing all my data?"
Is that the system disc, for the original version of OSX, that was pre-installed, when the PowerBook G4 was manufactured?
If so, are you able to start up from that, to run Repair Disk?
ali b

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