How do I figure what version OS X to buy for reboot disc?

I bought a G4 Powerbook with superdrive on ebay last year, and earlier today ran the update to 10.4.7. After, I stupidly changed the username from the previous owner to my own while in the info window. Naturally, the old user was put back into the system folder/users and the new user with my name, lost all the preferences. I tried copying the old prefs over and really screwed up: I think I deleted the library folder or at least moved it to a stupid place. Now the machine won't boot at all--total kernel panic. The powerbook did not come with the original system discs, and I don't know what version I need to buy. I do have a iMac DV SE, but it won't burn discs so I have to buy a retail version to reboot. How do I figure out what to buy for my G4 Powerbook? Thnx

Any retail version of Tiger will do. However, before doing that, check out the search results at http://discussions.apple.com/search.jspa?threadID=&q=%22renamehomefolder%22&objID=&dateRange=last90days&userID=&numResults=15&rankBy=9 and maybe you can fix the problem.

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