Mac OS update kills Powerbook G4

Hi. I'm using a 15-inch Powerbook G4 and have had no problems whatsoever. Until today. I downloaded the latest OS upgrade and now the computer won't boot. I get the white screen with the Apple logo and nothing else.
Anyone else have this problem? How do I fix it?
Thanks.

Hi GothamPhotog,
I hope you were backed up before trying the upgrade; reverting to your earlier trouble-free state would be easiest. I haven't done any of this myself, but if you can boot to your Tiger install dvd, you could try the strategy in Igor Minar's blog. Seems to have worked for a lot of people. Note that you will have to adjust his Terminal commands to suit the name of your HD and version (PPC) of the updater. Finally, if it were me, I would use the Combo (163 MB) version of the updater.
TiBook 867MHz 1 GB Mac OS X (10.4.7) G5 10.4.5; LaCie d2 160GB

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