Panther 99% startup progress bar, then hangs

A month ago I applied the latest security update to an iMac CRT CD 500MHz slot load no firewire running Panther v10.3.9. At startup it does 99% of the progress bar, then hangs. I can log in to it with another Mac via my network and access my files. I can't boot from my Panther DVD because CD drive and no firewire (the HD was a transplant from an identical iMac which died). I can however boot into Single User Mode as root. I have read that trashing login prefs can fix this problem, but I don't know which file to trash in Panther. I want to run Disk Utility to correct permissions, but I don't think that's possible in Single User Mode.
Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks Robert, that link was very useful. Booting without extensions was the very first thing I tried I tried step 5 of the link you provided, then I manually installed Applejack and ran all 5 tests. Although fsck did correct errors and some QuickTime and iTunes permissions were bad, boot behavior is as before: hangs just before login screen. Applejack did however make boot time a bit shorter.
I'm giving up, I'm just going to copy my data to another Mac over the network or remove the disk drive to copy the files, then just install Panther on a new hard disk and swap that one in.
It sure limits things to have no DVD drive and no firewire.
Thanks
Sean

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