Installing OS X 10.4.4 on my ibook g4

I hope someone can help.... I bought a refurbished ibook g4 12'' 1Ghz with the following..
a. airport extreme
b. 512 Mb of ram
c. 8x combo drive
d. OS X 10.3.9
Now that being said, i was given this dvd with OS X 10.4.4 on it. The problem is when I try to install the system,after the mac restarts, it says that this program can not be installed on this computer. What gives?!
Thanks

The DVD you have is intended for a newer model of iBook G4; it does not contain the necessary resources to create a working Mac OS X system on your computer. As previously stated, you need to use a retail package.
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