Apple Mac G4s am I going mad Hee Hee

I recently obtain a PowerMac Quicksilver 800MHz with Tiger 10.4.11 installed have 512 ram and having problems with it. It keeps coming up with the dull scren and black box telling me to reboot sometimes when I log in or when I online or when I try to do something and sometimes can go on doing things with no problem then up it comes again. When I go back in it tells me to send report to Apple every time. I have found out that the Hard drive has a clone copy of Tiger 10.4.11 from another apple mac. Help needed.
As I have no disks and I am going to buy Tiger 10.4 can I just fomat the drive and install a new copy of Tiger 10.4 (Black disk) ??????????
I also have a G4 Powermac (agp graphics) 400Mhz running 9.2 - I have been told that I have to upgrade the operating system before I can install Tigger. Is this correct? and if so what operating system do I need to have.
Help and advice would be most welcome as I am quite new to APPLE MACS.

Moonkiss, welcome to Apple Discussions & the Mac community.
The reboot message you are getting is a kernel panic, usually caused by a hardware problem. However, if you have an OS from another model Mac, that could be the problem.
Tiger install DVDs are in short supply. Tiger is no longer available at the Apple Store but may be available for $129 by calling Apple Phone Sales @ 1-800-MY-APPLE (1-800-692-7753). For other sources, do a Google search for MA453Z/A (10.4.6), MA190Z/A (10.4.3) and M9639Z/A (10.4) . Also look on eBay. Be sure & buy a retail version (black with silver X) and not a model specific version (gray) (See Can I use another Mac's system restore disc on my Mac? ). Expect to pay (possibly a lot) more than the Apple list price of $129.
Also check this web store http://www.lacomputercompany.com/cgi-bin/rpcart/index.cgi?command=dispitem&type= sku&sku=19521
After you install the base 10.4.x, update to the final Tiger version 10.4.11. Here's the link for the 10.4.11 combo update http://support.apple.com/kb/TA24901?viewlocale=en_US
Look at this link Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger Installing Software Support Page
http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/install/
You can also download the Tiger Installation and Setup Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/TigerInstall_SetupGuide.pdf
When you reinstall Tiger using the retail DVD, do it via Archive & Install. See About the Archive and Install feature http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1710
Be sure to select Preserve Users & Settings. Also, repair permissions before and after the install.
On your PM G4 AGP, you don't have to upgrade the operating system, but you do need to update the firmware (Boot ROM version in System Profiler). See Mac OS X: Available firmware updates
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117 If an update is required, the update must be installed (using OS 9) BEFORE you install OS X.
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