Best OS for iBook 600hz/max RAM - 10.3.x? - 10.4.x? - Target Disk Install?

I am going to upgrade the system on a friends iBook. Right now it has a very early version of OS X. I would like to put 10.4.xx on there, but am wondering if for any reason, due to it's age/speed, I should use 10.3.x instead? I have installed 10.4.xx on an 800hz maxed RAM iBook and it works just fine, should I expect similar results on the slower iBook? Any other tips? Thanks
Also, can I install 10.4 on the iBook from a retail DVD, in the drive of my Intel mac, with the iBook connected via firewire as a target disk? (I don't think it has a combo or super drive, but connects fine to the Intel MacBook as a target disc)If not by connecting to the Intel, how about if connected as a target disc to the Powermac G5?

An iBook 600 MHz can be upgraded to 640 MB with a 512 RAM module if this hasn't already been done. If the hard drive hasn't been upgraded, the small hard drive likely is (in my opinion) to be the most limiting factor in using a modern version of OS X on it.
+can I install 10.4 on the iBook from a retail DVD, in the drive of my Intel mac, with the iBook connected via firewire as a target disk?+
No because you have to boot from the Tiger DVD to do the installation, and, as I understand it, no retail Tiger DVDs were produced to work with a Mac with an Intel processor. You perhaps could use an external FireWire drive to accomplish the installation. Or stick with Panther, which came on CDs. There are a few retail Tiger CD sets out there, too, in case you didn't realize that.
See information on work-arounds for non-DVD-equipped Macs in this article:
http://www.oreillynet.com/mac/blog/2005/05/thecats_mustachesinstalling.html

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