Ibook G4 not accepting disks, can't reinstall system software

Hi, I have an early 2004 ibook G4. Last week, my computer had a repeating kernel panic, probably due to a new application overwriting hard drive data. I tried using disk utility and disk warrior to repair the damage, as well as numerous other things, such as zapping the pram and nvram and resetting the PMU, and it did not fix the drive. So I used disk rescue II to successfully get everything on my hard drive onto a backup firewire drive. I then erased the drive with disk utility using target disk mode from my new mac mini (intel)
I want to try reinstalling the system software from the install disks that came with my ibook. My ibook is now rejecting any disks that I put in the dvd/cd rom drive, even when I start it with the C key, and when I start with the option key and try putting the install disk one in, it spits it out. I tried using target disk mode, but when I put the installation disk for the ibook into my mac mini, I cannot start up the install disk program.
Is there anything else I can try without putting in a new hard drive?
Thanks very much.

Hmm,
I didn't see that you were using 10.3.9, so you may want to look at Knowledge Base Document #106464 on Your Mac won't start up in Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier) and Knowledge Base Document #58042 on A flashing question mark appears when you start your Mac if you haven't already. You may want to try reseting the PMU (Knowledge Base Document #14449, which covers Resetting Powerbook and iBook Power Management Unit (PMU)).
Jon
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