Reinstall 10.3.8- PB cannot boot fromPanther disc

Hi,
My 17" PB is becoming unresponsive to the mouse. Repaired permissions didn't help. Trashing finder prefs works for a short time. Have been running 10.3.8 and pro video s'ware (FCP DVDSP Motion etc) for a long time.
Tried to boot from Panther install disc (10.3), just will NOT boot.
Apple logo and TINY writing above left of it (too small to read)
Disk Warrior will boot it BUT skips the first 4 steps.
Help please.
DPG41Ghz   Mac OS X (10.3.8)   Powerbook G4 17"
DPG41Ghz   Mac OS X (10.3.8)   Powerbook G4 17"

Never mind, everyone, problem solved.  All I had to do was RESTART to get the Installer to recognize the new volume as bootable.  (I had been switching directly back and forth between Disk Utilities and the Installer, without restarting.)
D'oh!
P.

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