Os9.0.4 upgrade to tiger 10.4

hello
please can anyone help me.
I have just bought a G4 dual 450 running OS9.0.4 and I do not want this os at all.
I have tiger on dvd and have tried installing but it doesn't work.
I now know that I must first upgrade os9.04 to os9.2.2 but have searched everywhere for this upgrade and cant find it.the 9.2.2 upgrade at apple says you must already have 9.1.

hi,
thanks very much for your advice.
first i donloaded the firmware4.2.8
and my computer already had it.
then I downloaded update 9.1 (I started with 9.0.4 originally on my computer)i got a message box saying something about an image file dmg.could not be installed but i just skipped and i ended up with 9.1 on my computer although it told me some components could not be installed.
then I downloaded 9.2.1 again same message about image file.dmg but i skipped and now when i turn my computer on it starts up saying welcome to os9.2 then it gets to desktop it loads the icons for hard disk ,internet, trash etc. then they dissappear then a small rectangular white screen appears and then my computer freezes.end of story.
i can no longer get online to get any downloads/fixes(i am talking to you via my trusted pc)and the only cd i have is os9.0.4 installation cd and os9.0.4 system restore.
I could start the whole process again maybe but i am sure i will arrive at the same frozen position.
there was nothing I could do about this image file dmg except abort installation completely or carry on.
I would greatly appreciate some ideas.
many thanks,
stu.

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    Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Creating destination path
    Dec 13 23:00:18 localhost : Extracting files
    Dec 13 23:05:04 localhost : 11079 files looked up in 0.76 seconds. 11016 files written in 285.63 seconds.
    Dec 13 23:05:04 localhost : 337945 kilobytes installed.
    Dec 13 23:05:04 localhost : run postupgrade script for Base System Part 1
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    Diffs should be re-integrated by the user from the .system_default-suffixed file
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    Diffs should be re-integrated by the user from the .system_default-suffixed file
    Dec 13 23:05:05 localhost /System/Installation/Packages/BaseSystem.pkg/../OSInstall.mpkg/Contents/Resourc es/ConfMigrator: Package configuration or installation error: The following file was swapped before upgrading, but a new version was not installed: /Volumes/OSX B:U/private/etc/xinetd.d/ftp
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    Pismo G4/550;SuperDrive;DLink BT;1GB RAM   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   upgraded CPU & Optical Drive!

    Hello Again Ce Ann!
    See My Reply, in your other related topic Upgrade Help... is my install disk good?.
    ali b

  • Problem with mail after upgrading to tiger...

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    1. Quit Mail if it’s running.
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  • How can I recover all my MAIL emails lost after upgrading to TIGER?

    Hello,
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    iBookG4    

    HI Greta, Did you Clean Install Tiger, or Upgrade from a previous OS? as if the latter, you might find them in the ARchived files.
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    Imac FP 800Mhz 80gb 256 RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.3)   512 extra Ram iLife 04 LaCie 160gb Ext Airport Express 6.1.1

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    Aaron:
    Welcome to Apple Discussions.
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  • Is it possible to upgrade from Tiger (10.4) to Leopard (10.5)? Thanks

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  • Upgraded from TIGER to SNOW LEOPARD

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    1. Disconnect all peripherals except the original mouse and keyboard.
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