Need Advice–OS X 10.2 Software Restore under 10.4.9

I have need of Classic Environment back on my OS X 10.4.9 Tiger installation.
I have downloaded the SoftwareRestore.dmg file and installed it, and it runs, no problem there.
When it gets to the point where I'm instructed to insert the original 10.2 discs, the illustration on the screen (the big one where an image of about 2/3rds of the disc is seen) differs from the actual appearance of the 10.2 Install and Restore disc I own.
The picture on the dialog shows a gray-colored cd with the numeral "1" in a circle.
My 10.2 Install and Restore disc has the two white dots; the upper one is a big one with a tiny gray dot in the center, and there is a smaller white dot just below it.
Now, logic dictates that my original 10.2 restore disc is what is required here, but I'm reluctant to proceed because of the visual diff.
Apple provides no advice or readme file on SoftwareRestore.dmg (the one suggested at the knowledge base article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301468) that can be downloaded via the link in the last paragraph.
Anyone have any experience like this?

Only problem I have is when I hold down the x key and the computer boots into os x, all I get is the smiling computer icon and the startup sequence does not proceed from that point.
Your OS X system is damaged. You need to work through the steps in KB 106464, Your Mac won't start up in Mac OS X (Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier).
My thought is that it would be perfectly logical if we have selected the classic system as the start-up within the OS x environment but the system is not present for use.
No, if the OS 9 system wasn't available it wouldn't be a choice in the Startup Disk preference pane. Since it was a choice some sort of OS 9 system exists on the hard drive. It may be damaged in some way but it exists.

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