PM agp 400 Firmware help

My son has a Powermac AGP 400 that we are trying to upgrade to Tiger. It currently has 10.2 on it and doesn't have OS 9. The problem is that in order to upgrade to Tiger we need the latest firmware (4.2.8 I think) but this requires OS 9 to install. Is there any way to upgrade the firmware with OS 10 installed?
Thx
-mx

Hi, motoxpress -
Since the G4 (AGP) models came with a model-specific version of OS 9.0.4 (at least the later AGP models did), look for a model-specific CD, which may be hard to find; or a retail OS 9.1 Install CD or a retail OS 9.2.1 Install CD. Either of the latter two would probably be better for purchase choices, since they have more current versions of Disk First Aid and Drive Setup.
You can often get retail OS 9 Install CD's at sites like these -
http://store.yahoo.com/hardcoremac/index.html - Apple Reseller
http://www.welovemacs.com/software.html
EBay is another possibility.
Regardless of the source, be sure to get a retail OS 9 Install CD - those are white, with a large gold 9 on them; the retail OS 9 Install CD's have a universal installer; model-specific Install CD's do not.
However - if your need to install OS 9 is solely in order to be able to install the firmware update, and you will remove the OS 9 install after performing that update, then there would be nothing wrong with borrowing a suitable OS 9 install CD.

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