Upgrade from 9.2 - can i buy jaguar? i have panther discs

hi
i've recently bought a second hand iBook G3 Dual USB (i.e. it has two usb ports which I think means it is Dual). it also came with panther discs, which i've tried to install (upgrade from 9.2), but installation is interrupted say ing that i need osX installed already.
Does that mean i need to upgrade to jaguar or a lower version first? I've read so much stuff in the discussions but can't quite find the answer to this one.
From the specifications documents linked in one post, it appears there is no firmware upgrade necessary or available for this model.
thanks a lot for any suggestions
gs

OS X upgrade discs are relatively rare. Apple generally only does full versions at reasonable prices and as eww says having this disks don't help at all in your case - unless you have Jaguar on the 'iBook Install/Restore CD' but it is not yet installed (Perhaps the previous owner stuck with OS9). Not all iBook Dual USB would have been supplied with any version of OS X. 
Froogle turns up several resellers who sell Panther but when you drill down you find most are out of stock (no surprises there). I did find one that was selling it for £95 but for £5 less you can get Tiger (10.4) from the Apple store (so if your iBook meets the Tiger specs you're probably best to go for the more modern OS). I find Panther a lot more stable, but Tiger is much nicer to use.
regards
mrtotes

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