Installation "failed" on return to first install DVD

I installed the entire Logic 9 upgrade on my Macbook Pro and all the disks were read in and installed without issues. The entire installation took over 2 hours with no error messages during that time.
After all the disks were read and installed, I inserted the first Installation DVD again as the installer requested and the installer suddenly gave me an exclamation point in a triangle with the following message:
"The installation failed. The Installer encountered an error that caused the installation to fail. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance."
Logic 9, Mainstage 2and Soundtrack Pro 3 all load and work, and the samples and loops seem to be there, but I'm not sure if anything is missing. All the disks seem to have loaded without issues so I'm really stumped as to why I got that message.
Is there an install log that I could read to find out what happened? And should I wait to figure out what went wrong before I update to the latest version?
Thanks.

I just upgraded on my MacPro yesterday (ran the upgrade on my MacBook Pro months ago with no issues) and got the same message - most of the additional content installed, but instead of asking for the Jam Pack content 3 disk, it asked for the Logic install disk. And then I got the same message - installation failed.
All of the programs work, the content seems to be there... just an odd thing to happen. Like you, I'd like to know if something is missing... but I guess I'll find out the hard way, as nobody has bothered to answer this thread.

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Picture:
COMPUTER SPECIFICATIONS PHOTO

I'm dealing with the same issue and I am afraid I anyway might be out of luck.
When you get the Installation Failed notice, look carefully at that window - in the upper righthand corner, there's a nondescript little symbol - I cant tell what it's supposed to be, but when I clicked on it, that brought up a notice saying that the software certificate "issued by: Apple Software Update Certification Authority"... "expired: Friday, March 23, 2012 12:26:07 PN CT".
The window has a lot of text in it, but will not allow the text to be selected, copied, dragged elsewhere or saved/ Scrolling down about a third of the way into it, there's two lines of interest -
"Not Valid Before -   Friday, March 23, 2007 12:26:07 PN CT".
"Not Valid After    -   Friday, March 23, 2012 12:26:07 PN CT".
So basically it looks like Apple locks it out after five years... funny, because this is supposed to be iLife 2011, which makes it one year old, not five years. I bought it a year ago, not five years ago, as a add-on for my children.
The text box also has these two websites for further information -
CPS URI - http://www.apple.com/appleca/
and
URI - http://www.apple.com/appleca/swupdate.crl
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So it looks as if I can no longer use this product.
By the way, I wondered if the installer gets on the internet with Apple during the installation to confirm eligibility or something, so I tried installing again with the internet offline. Same result - installation failed.
I will be very unhappy with Apple if it is really the case that this program lasted us less than one year. I had to reformat this Mac because of some system-level corruption my young son caused, and I should not have to repurchase iLife because it is one year old. Let's see what happens...

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