Can I Upgrade Directly to OS 10.4 from OS 9.2.2. on a Power Mac G4 400Mhz?

If not, way is the shortest path? I have 1.12 GB RAM and 4.6GB of HD free space and would also like to run OS 9.2 applications for a short while. Please help. Thank you.

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Nope. Too little hard disk space free.
By the time you are finished installing you'll have only 2.6 GB free and barely enough space to install any applications. But before increasing the hard disk space, verify your firmware is up to date:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58418
Tells you if you have an AGP PowerMac G4, and if you do, you'll need the firmware off this page:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117
Before you begin, backup your data at least twice. Upgrade your hard drive to a Parallel (not Serial) ATA hard drive of 120 GB to give yourself more room. Western Digital and Seagate are the most reliable brands.
Then you can install the Mac OS 9 drivers on that hard drive from the retail 10.4 installer disk using these directions:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=75275
Then install Mac OS 9 on it.
Then finally install 10.4 on it. If you don't have a DVD drive on your PowerMac G4, you'll need to get one to be able to install Tiger unless you are lucky to find someone who has the CD version of Tiger which no longer is sold by Apple.
Tell us if you have an AGP PowerMac G4, and we can tell you of an alternative.

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