Lost 10.3 server OS disk, now what?

Hi all,
I just inherited an old G4 Server that had a 10.3 server OS on it (the OS license is taped onto the machine itself, so if I have the installer, I can get it registered/operational as we already have a license), along with about 20 eMacs and ibooks to run off of it. Unfortunately by the time I inherited it, the root drive was so badly corrupted (read: corrupted partition, catalog B-tree, volume info, everything.. very bad. major crash) I had to nuke the drive and temporarily install the standard Tiger OS on it, just to get it to boot, and backup the data drive.
I've looked everywhere, but the original installer disks for the 10.3 server OS is nowhere to be seen, and no one knows nothing. The computer lab is in such a mess sometimes I feel like I want to bury my head underground.. but that's another story.
I'm even afraid to call Apple to even ask if they would be willing to sell me a backup copy installer for such an old OS so I can get this server up and running again. Has anyone had this kind of issue (lost archaic OS, asking apple for a replacement disk)? if so, how much do they charge typically for idiocy such as this?
If the replacement disk is expensive, then I can try to beg the financial people to let me buy a 10.4 Server off eBay or something, but given the budget constraints, I'm looking for the cheapest possible solution to the problem...
the client computers are currently running off of another server until we figure this one out, but it'll be a matter of time before they boot us off...
Any word of wisdom is appreciated..

try calling apple support and see if they'll send you the media for 10.3 server. otherwise, find it used on amazon or elsewhere online. if you have a local apple rep. or reseller, that may be worth a shot, too.
10.3 server sort of sucked, though. if you can at least run 10.4 server on it, do so.
don't even try 10.5 server for anything but the lightest loads. depending on the specs, it may not even install on the g4 machine you have.

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