Downloading tiger or lepord to an imac G4 lacking a DVD drive

My G4 iMac 700 MHz with upgraded ram has OSX 10.3.9. I tried to download 10.4 or later and cannot because a DVD (mine came with CD Drive) is required and the External DVD's I can find require 10.4 to use. I have the capacity just don't know how to download Tiger or Leopard. Any thoughts.

Dave Sawyer wrote:
I probably shouldn't presume that he doesn't have access to another Mac, so your suggestion could be his best or only option.
Of course, the presumption that access to another Mac exists, is my presumption; not yours
Dave Sawyer wrote:
It's a bit iffy, though; in some cases, people have reported that running the Mac OS X install from a different model of Mac has caused erroneous installation of some components. Having a DVD drive for his iMac will be the most reliable.
Agreed. But the option is there if other options aren't available.
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