Fresh install for ibook G4

Hi,
I just bought a used ibook G4 from a friend of mine. It's the 2005, 1.33ghz, 512mb ram. Nothing fancy but good as a secondary computer. However, I would like to start of fresh with the ibook. I would like to format it and start with a fresh OSX install. However, I have no clue as to how to do this.
First, which os should I install. It's on 10.4.11 right now. I did not get the OS dvd, so I don't really know if there is much to be done right now. I have the DVD from my macbook pro which is 10.6.2 but i'm guessing it's not that good of an idea to install this on the ibook.
Anyways, i'm sort of looking for help in order to get this ibook to ''factory specs''.
thx

Hello slitcher,
contact your friend and try to get the two
original install discs. Even if you upgrade to
Leopard Mac OS X v10.5 the original install
discs can come in handy.
Here is a link for your user guide in case you
do not have one.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iBook_G4_Mid_2005_UsersGuide.pdf
You iBook has a PowerPC CPU and your MBP has an
Intel CPU. The best the iBook can do is Mac OS X 10.5.8.
You have the latest Tiger which is Mac OS X 10.4.11
Without the original install discs or a third party
disk utility it would be hard to start from fresh or
to secure erase and install the OS.

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