Having a problem wiping my G4 disk

Hello,
My friend gave me her g4 computer, but I needed to wipe it clean. When I start it up normally it is fine. As soon as I restart with osx disc to wipe it clean I get a kernal panic. I do not have her original disk so I am using an osx disc from my imac to start up. maybe this the problem? If so where can i get a new disc to start up and wipe the g4?
thanks for anyone who can help!

I am using an osx disc from my imac to start up. maybe this the problem?
Yes, most likely, Gray Install Discs are Machine specific, on top of that, Gray Tiger Discs are Intel only.
See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9755670&#9755670
Or Ali Brown's great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10381710#10381710
Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
* Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
minimum system requirements
* 512MB of memory (I say 2GB at least)
* DVD drive for installation
* 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
You have to call Apple & likely ask for a Product Specialist to get it, if they still have it!

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b FUD
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i simultaneously,
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