Not able to access Safe Mode nor boot off of Tiger DVD

I am running an iMac with Tiger 10.4.11. After doing an update of software I cannot boot. I have not been able to access Safe Mode or boot off a Tiger DVD. With DVD inserted I wait till I hear the bong noise then I press the letter C. It thinks for a few seconds then spits the DVD out. I am able to see the contents of the DVD when I insert into my PowerBook running Leopard. This DVD is not the same one that was used to install Tiger. The Tiger DVD is in excellent shape.
I have reset the PRAM.
I was able to access Single User Mode. I ran /sbin/fsck -fy and it found no problems.
I was able to access the iMac in Target Disk Mode. I deleted .plist files that were dated on July 2nd, the last day it worked. But when I restarted it I received the same response. Apple icon with a spinning circular wheel.
I deleted the following files:
* com.apple.kernelcaches (a folder in /System/Library/Caches)
* Extensions.kextcache (a file in /System/Library)
* Extensions.mkext (a file in /System/Library/)
* com.apple.ATS (a folder in /Library/Caches/)
* com.apple.loginwindow.plist (a file in /Library/Preferences/)
* Files that start with com.apple.LaunchServices (in /Library/Caches)
Is there any thing else I could do in Target Disk Mode that would be helpful?
Any suggestion on how I might be able to fix this problem would be appreciated.
Thank you for looking.

Well, kicking out the Disk on boot is generally one of two things... bad optical, or the HD Driver munged early on.
If the Power book boots off that Install Disk, I'd put the iMac into Target mode, try an Archive & Install, which gives you a new OS, but can preserve all your files, pics, music, settings, etc...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107120

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