Updating from 9.2 - 9.2.2 my iMac freezes. Can anyone help?

I have an iMac that's a few years old, and it's been in my buddy's basement for the last 2 years, and he was moving so he gave it to me and I booted it up and hit software update and it said it would update to 9.2.2. I hit okay and it proceeded to download for about 5 minutes and then it said "Preparing Disk..." so I waited and all of a sudden it stopped. Everything froze but my cursor. I thought maybe it was just thinking and it needed a moment. But after 10 minutes I noticed that it hadn't moved and the clock hadn't changed. So I force restarted and tried yet again, same thing. So I force restarted again and this time I didn't go ahead I just tried launching a program, iTunes I think it was, and it just froze again, about 10 seconds after booting.
I was wondering if anyone out there could help me, thanks.
Not sure exact specs Mac OS 9.2.x

Hi, Slowtec -
Welcome to Apple's Discussions.
The first step in going to OSX is to make sure that the firmware on the iMac is current, in accordance with this Apple Kbase article (from which you can download any firmware update needed) -
Article #86117 - Firmware Updates
Next, make sure you have sufficient RAM in the machine. The requirements for OSX 10.3 specify a minimum of 128MB or RAM. That is a bit low; a more realistic minimum is 256MB, more is better.
Next, be sure you have enough space on the drive. The installation of OSX will need 2 to 3 GB; OSX runs best when there is at least 5GB of free space on the drive. This means having 7 to 8GB of free space before installing OSX.
To do the actual install, you will need to purchase the retail package for OSX 10.3 (Panther). Then boot to the CD and run the installer.
OSX will be installed alongside OS 9; it will not replace OS 9. OS 9 can then still be used as a boot OS, as well as being available for use as Classic.

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