Install freezes at Looking for OSX....

I'm tying to update a G5 PPC from 10.3.9 to 10.4. I purchased an general update DVD commercially but when I start the installation process the computer stalls out at "looking for OSX on this computer".
Disk utilities etc. check out fine & the computer meets all the requirements for Tiger so far as I can tell.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Thanks Paul, yes that should upgrade from 10.3.x to 10.4.
2Z691-5341-A
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But I wonder if yo might have a 2004 G5!?
Apple Icon at top left>About this Mac>More Info...>Hardware, list like this but not the Serial#...
Hardware Overview:
Machine Name: Power Mac G5 Quad
Machine Model: PowerMac11,2
CPU Type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number Of CPUs: 4
CPU Speed: 2.5 GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
Memory: 10 GB
Bus Speed: 1.25 GHz
Boot ROM Version: 5.2.7f1

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