Mac Mini Snow Leopard Installs ok, but reboot just hangs

I've just attempted to install SL as an upgrade from OSX 10.5.8. The installation (though tedious) worked ok. However, when it attempted to auto reboot after Installation Successful, it got to the Apple logo, and just hung there.
Needless to say, I was doing this last night, after Apple support had closed... So I tried to resolve it myself...
It sounded as if it was still occasionally trying to read the cd, so initially I thought there was some issue with the installation cd. Naturally I could not eject that. I tried multiple ways of reboot to eject the disk, all to no avail (space bar, mouse button, and pretty much every combination of keys to get into open firmware, even resetting ram), and eventually I forced it to boot up off the instal disk, which worked ok, then restored the system from a Time Machine backup. That all went ok. So, I'm now back with my original working system...
So, anyone got any idea why the install worked, but the auto-reboot failed? I don't have much non-Apple stuff installed - only 1Password in fact - and otherwise the OS and environment is as bought from the retailer.
Any suggestions appreciated Cheers, Pete.
It's a Mac Mini, here's the tech stuff...
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini3,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MM31.0081.B06
SMC Version (system): 1.35f0

HI Pete,
Not sure why this happened....
Go here and read the post by, "a brody" ... Topic : When updating to 10.6 or 10.6.1 please remember the following
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10180165#10180165
And check out this post by, "Kappy" ..... Suggestions for Safely Installing Snow Leopard
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2137339&tstart=0
*The installation wasn’t successful*
If you were unable to install Mac OS X, try the following:
Disconnect any external devices you don’t need during installation.
Try installing Mac OS X again.
If you were unable to install Mac OS X again, choose Utilities > Disk Utility. Select the disk on which you want to install, click First Aid, and then click Repair Disk. After repairing any problems, quit Disk Utility and then click Continue to try installing again.
Make sure there is sufficient disk space.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. *Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.*
Carolyn

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