17" C2D 2 gHz iMac w/fresh install of Tiger won't boot to desktop; takes me through setup, then instead of normal boot, it re-enters setup. (I don't have install disks)

Hi, I just bought an iMac from E-Bay, a pre-aluminum, 17" C2D 2.0 gHz machine. The seller told me that he wiped the hard drive and installed Tiger, with a borrowed disk, so I don't have install disks.
I booted up the computer and it took me through the initial setup process. Everything seemed slow, it took a couple of minutes to get to the setup intro screen. After going through setup, it looked like it was going to go for a normal boot, but it re-entered setup. I went through the process 3 times, and it wouldn't let me choose the same user name twice, so it seems to have created 3 user accounts. But I can't get it to boot to a normal Finder desktop. Safe mode is no-go. I reset the pram, no change. I plan on trying to boot using Linux Mint on an external USB, to see if the hardware is functioning.
Any suggestions or insights
Thanks!

You're not getting many hits here, try reposting at the Tiger site:
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.4_tiger

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