10.4 won't install on g4 iBook.... because I'm stupid.

I bought a little 12" g4 iBook to give away. I have one just like it. The one I just bought came with 10.3.7. My other g4 is running 10.4.11. I have the iBook g4 start up disks, so I thought... "Hey! I'll make this new one 10.4, as well!" But (and here's where I think I screwed up) I made it a "clean install". And now, it won't install, at all. The "checking installation DVD" part comes out clean. It even seems to be installing certain things and writing receipts. Then, I keep getting a "could not be installed... restart?" message. ...sigh... Was it the clean install? I thought 10.4 was an entirely new OS, not just an upgrade. Do I need to go buy some software that I can clean-install, to fix this? Right now, the new g4 can only start up on the installation disks because Genius, here, erased the volume. Somebody hit me.

Hey gb,
The "checking installation DVD" part comes out clean. It even seems to be installing certain things and writing receipts. Then, I keep getting a "could not be installed... restart?" message. ...sigh... Was it the clean install?
Is that a retail installer you're using?
I thought 10.4 was an entirely new OS, not just an upgrade
Well if it was 10.4.2 retail installer you would have been able to use it to upgrade 10.3.9.
I use a "standard" known good external DVD drive to do all my installs. It saves headaches with questionable drives.
I have one just like it. The one I just bought came with 10.3.7. My other g4 is running 10.4.11.
So try using target mode:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
First hook the two iBooks together with a FireWire cable.
Then start the iBook running 10.4.11 in target mode.
Then start the new iBook up. You might need to use the option key to select the 10.4.11 OS. You might also need to zap the pram and vram.
If that works reverse the host computer and use SuperDuper to clone the OS in your iBook over the new iBook.
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