My Power Mac stuck in installation for Tiger.

i tried to install tiger to my power mac G5. One of the disks i found broken, and it wont let me exit the installer,
I dont want to be on tiger, i just want to use my mac.
Maybe there is a way to either exit the installer, or reboot the mac.
Thanks,
PS. my warranty ran out a year ago

You'll need to power down the Mac, then Repair the Hard Drive.
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
If it was the 2nd Disc that messed up, That second Disc thing happens frequently, the best way around it is to do a Custom install, and eliminate enough Printer Drivers, Languages, Fonts, and Applications you don't need... then it may skip #2 altogether.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1442

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