IMac G3 upgrade from os9 to osx 10.2 possible? Please reply asap

Hi, i have a apple iMac G3 DV strawberry machine currently running os9.0.4, it has 20gb hardrive and 256mb RAM.
Is is possible to upgrade the machine straight to OSX 10.2 with the original disks based on the specifications i have given?
Please reply asap, as i would like to get it up and running for my partner

If the iMac's CPU speed is 333MHz or below, you need to partition the drive so that the first partition is less than 8GB, and then install Mac OS X onto that partition.
If the iMac's CPU speed is 350MHz or above, you need to update to 9.1, and then run the iMac firmware updater.
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