Restoring Mac Mini - Urgent advice needed

Whilst attempting to create a boot camp partition this morning my Mini had a kernel panic. After powering down, when turned back on I have no display so cannot see if any message is being displayed.
Fortunately I'm fully backed up with Time Machine, but when attempting to insert the Leopard install DVD to try to recover, the disc won't physically load into the drive. I don't have a wired keyboard either so I'm assuming entering any commands at this stage will be impossible (I have 2 Apple wireless keyboards if that's of any use!)
Can anyone suggest a way to at least get the Leopard disc to insert so that I can attempt recovery?
And before you ask the machine is out of warranty so Applecare/phone support is not an option.
Thanks in advance,
Tom

The drive first: If Disk Utility reports an error on exit and does not complete repairs, run it again just to be sure. If it continues to report error on exit it means there is damage to the drive which is greater than Disk Utility can resolve, and you with either then need to get a third party utility such as Disk Warrior or TechTools Pro, or perform a full erase and install of MacOS from your Leopard disk in order to resolve the problem. Obviously if the latter, then you should attempt to back up your data first, since the erase and install involves a full reformat of the drive.
The fan: This is caused by the fact you performed a PMU reset on your system when in fact it doesn't have a PMU! This procedure causes the fan to run up to full speed at all times. Unfortunately, there is no guaranteed solution, but many report that an SMC reset (the Intel system equivalent of a PMU reset which is actually only for earlier PPC systems) works.
To reset the SMC on an Intel mini:
-From the Apple menu, choose Shut Down (or if the computer is not responding, hold the power button until it turns off).
-Unplug all cables from the computer, including the power cord and any display cables.
-Wait at least 15 seconds.
-Plug the power cord back in, making sure the power button is not being pressed at the time.
-Then reconnect your keyboard and mouse to the computer.
-Press the power button on the back to start up your computer.
You'll see the only difference really between the PMU reset you performed and the SMC reset you should now do is that the SMC reset does NOT involve holding the power button in while reconnecting power.

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