Problems installing 10.4.2 on imac G5 running 10.3.9

Hello,
Im trying to help my dad install Tiger 10.4.2 on his imac G5 running 10.3.9. This is being done over the phone. He tells me that an "Alert" box appears during the first part of the install tell him that 10.4.2 can not be installed on this computer. Strange?
Any ideas.................
-JR

Hi Norman,
he cannot use hardware specific disks that shipped with another computer. Besides this it would also be illegal. He has to buy the retail full install DVD.

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