I hope I'm in the right place...  Puzzling Startup Problem.

I've got an iBook G4 running OS X 10.4.2.
Here's what went wrong. I was running Software Update today, and it started installing the new Tiger update (10.4.3). Somewhere along the line it froze, along with several other programs that were running (Safari and iTunes, I think). I tried to force-quit those other programs, but accidentally force-quit-ed the update instalation instead. Once all programs were closed I attempted to re-run the software update, but System Preferences kept quitting on its own, and when it tried to send notice to Apple that something had quit "unexpectedly," that message utility shut itself down as well. So I restarted the computer, and recieved only a grey screen with a grey Apple logo, nothing more -- no spinning gear-thing, and the drive is clearly not spinning. Now that's all I get.
Here's what I tried to do to get things working again. I tried to boot in Safe Mode, but nothing happened after about 7 minutes of holding down the shift key. I tried resetting both my RAM and my Power Management Unit (at the direction of someone at Tech Support), to no avail. I booted from a Tiger install disk (not my own, unfortunately, which I don't have at the moment; I had to borrow one from a friend) and ran the Disk Utility to repair the hard drive; Disk Utility told me there was nothing to repair. I even tried to boot in single-user mode to run fsck. Here's where things happened that I don't understand, because I don't know a thing about programming language and code and whatnot. When I tried to boot in single-user mode I got this message about 8 times in a row (I'll type out the whole thing since I don't know what is and isn't important):
kld(): Undefined symbols:
_ZN11IOPCIBridge18compareAddressCellEmPmS0
kldload_frommemory() failed for module com.apple.driver.AppleMacRiscPCI
Failed to load extension com.apple.driver.AppleMacRiscPCI
Couldn't alloc class "AppleMacRiscAGP"
Couldn't alloc class "AppleMacRiscPCI"
Then it spits out a string of characters I don't understand, and gives me over and over again the message "Still waiting for root device." It never gets to a command line prompt.
So, questions: (1) What the heck is going on? (2) Is there anything I can do short of reinstalling my OSr, or is it time for last resorts? And an ignorant question: will reinstalling the OS cause me to lose data -- files, music, that sort of thing?
Thanks for your time, and your patience.

Heya, Jonathan. Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Congratulations, and welcome to the fun-filled world of kernel panics. Yup, that's the text in the gray box you're getting.
The good news is you don't necessarily have to reinstall Mac OS X. If you have access to another computer and a FireWire cable, you can reinstall the 10.4.3 update, and everything should be groovy.
* Connect the two computers via FireWire cable. Your iBook should not be on yet.
* Boot up your iBook and hold down the 'T' key as it starts up. The iBook will enter Target mode.
* Download the Mac OS 10.4.3 update on the other computer.
* Run the 10.4.3 updater as normal, but select the hard drive of your iBook when you get to the list of available volumes.
Failing that, you can reinstall Mac OS X on your iBook from your install DVD. When you select your volume, make sure you click on the 'Options' button and select 'Archive and Install'. You'll retain all your personal files and network settings, but you might have to reinstall applications, haxies, etc.

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