How to reinstall Tiger after formatting the hard drive

Hey folks, I think this is a common question but I haven't been able to find a solution to it after researching through the forums and google.
The situation is I've recently bought a second hand mac online. It was previously a ex-lease so the seller had formatted the whole system/hard disk, so I need to reinstall the OS.
The seller unfortunately didn't include the reinstallation disks so I'm using the disks from my Mac. My mac is iMac 20" Intel Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz/2GB/250GB/ATI Radeon X1600(256) and the installation disk is for Mac OS X 10.4.7.- Could this be the problem? That the OS on the installation disk is too new for the mac?
Here are the specs for the second hand Mac:
iMac G5 (no iSight) 1.8ghz, 1gb ram, 80 hdd, dvd-rw, geforce fx 5200 graphics card, onboard modem., etc.
I've tried rebooting the disk by holding "c" or "command" at start up and it recognises the disk but it doesnt proceed to the utility page that is mentioned in other solutions.
Instead it comes up with a error message saying:
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x002E54BC): Unable to find driver for this platform: "PowerMac8,1".
Lastest stack backtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace:
0x0009A4A4 0x0009AE60 0x002E54BC 0x00EBEEF4 0x002C004C 0x002C1EC8 0x002C0FDC
0x000AE4F4
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sc=0x0x01012280)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000d030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x000000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP-0x00000000 (unknown)
Kernal Version:
Darwin Kernal Version 8.8.5: Mon Dec 11 19:42:29 PST 2006; rppt: xnu-792.16.5obj~1/RELEASE_PPC
No debugger configured - dumping debuig information
MSR=00001030
Lastes stack backgtrace for cpu 0:
Backtrace :
0x0009A4A4 0x0009AE60 0x002E54BC 0x00EBEEF4 0x002C004C 0x002C1EC8 0x002C0FDC
0x000AE4F4
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Except state (sv=0x010102280)
PC=0x00000000; MSR=0x0000d030; DAR=0x00000000; DSISR=0x000000000; LR=0x00000000; R1=0x00000000; XCP-0x00000000 (unknown)
Kernal version:
Darwin Kernatl Version 8.8.5: MOnm Dec 11 19:42:29 PST 2006; root:xnu-792.16.5,ojj~1/RELEASE)PPC panic: We Are hanging here...
I think the system is fine because it is recognising that there is a disk, but the error just comes up each time it boots it. Any suggestions please?
Many thanks in advance!(=

Hi monkee_appelz!
If you call Apple Customer Service 1-800-767-2775, and provide the serial number of the iMac, you may be able to purchase replacement original system discs.
However, those will be for the version of OS, that was pre-installed when manufactured.
But, they will contain the bundled software, that is not included in a Full Retail Version, of a newer OS X. The Apple Hardware Test, specific to the iMac model, will also be included.
If the 80 GB HD is original, your model is the 17" iMac G5/ 1.8 MHz which had Panther 10.3.5 pre-installed when manufactured.
The 17" iMac G5/ 1.8 GHz (ALS) was the only 1.8 GHz model to have Tiger 10.4.x pre-installed when manufactured.
If you want to upgrade to a newer version of OS X, you will also need to purchase a corresponding Full Retail Version, of the desired system.
ali b

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