How to repair OS X 10.6.8 without SL DVD

My parents have a intel Mac Mini with OS X 10.6.8 (last possible upgrade). The Disk Utility says that there are minor error and the vlume should be repaired using install DVD. The SL install DVD nor Leopard upgrade DVD won't read for some reason? Only the original Tiger 10.4. DVD works but when I run the Disk Repair it says everything is OK. Then when I run it again in OSX 10.6.8. its broken again?
Is there any help from running the latest OS X 10.6.8 update combo or some other way to repair the OS X.
I have a SL install DVD also at home, but is 550km away so cannot go and grab it just like that!

For future reference consider installing TinkerToolSystem 2. I has an emergency tool to use when there is no boot disk or drive.
Features of the Included Standalone Utility
TinkerTool System 2 comes with an additional emergency tool which can help you to troubleshoot Mac OS X problems even if the graphical user interface is no longer starting, or the user account of the system administrator has been damaged. This standalone version of TinkerTool System 2 includes the following features:
Verifying and repairing the startup disk before startup.
Verifying and repairing the system's folder for the storage of temporary objects.
Verifying and resetting permission settings of operating system files, independent of the graphical user interface.
Performing an automatic quick check and repair procedure to ensure a sufficiently good state of the base operating system.
Deactivating corrupted preference files for a user account.
Deleting user-related Input Managers.
Deactivating and reactivating cache contents of a user account.
Deactivating and reactivating all preference settings of a user account.
Deactivating corrupted system preference files.
Deleting system-wide Input Managers.
Deactivating and reactivating the contents of system-wide caches.
Resetting network-managed preferences (MCX).
Resetting the login screen
Removing third-party startup objects.
Cleaning the swap space.
Disabling automatic login.
Uninstalling the emergency tool, independent of the graphical user interface.

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