Re-installing 10.2 on Blue iMac slot-load

About a year ago, I converted a slot-loading blue iMac from OS 9.2 to 10.2 with a legal set of disks. I went through the upgrades to get to 10.2.8. Lots of great music on iTunes!
Suddenly it won't even boot. An Apple Store guy suggested I boot from the OSX.2 disk and do a "clean install" (or something like that).
Did that, but can't get any of the upgrades to unstuff. It tells me that Diskcopy has an error. Help won't work at all.
Also, what is with the new folder called "Previous Systems?"
Hopefully, one of you smart people can send me in the right direction because I'm too frustrated to think straight.
Bill
iMac - slot load, Powerbook G4, eMac   Mac OS X (10.2.x)   eMac is 10.3.9

No answers. I e-mailed personally one of the top "answerers" named Jerry Hofmann. He guided me.

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