Gray screen of death after installing 10.4.11 upgrade

I installed the recommended update 10.4.11 on my PowerMac G3 and restarted. I can't get past the gray Apple screen and spinning circle. Same thing happened yesterday with my iBook G4, but I was able to get started after resetting the PRAM and restarting in Safe Mode about 20 times. I was finally able to re-install the update. But today I can't even start the G3 in Safe mode.
Any suggestions?

I experienced something similar. Installation failed and when trying to reboot my computer got stuck on the gray screen.
I wrote a small HowTo that should help you: http://net3x.blogspot.com/2007/03/macos-x-1049-update-killed-my-mac.html
MBP CD 2.0 GHz   Mac OS X (10.4.9)   2GB RAM, 7200 RPM HDD

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