Upgrade to Tiger on an iBook without a dvd drive?

My wife has a g3 iBook running 10.3.9. I have a g4 powerbook running 10.49. I want to upgrade my wife's system to 10.4 so we can have network security. Unfortunately her computer has only a cd drive and the install disks I have are dvd. I've tried connecting my computer to hers via both ethernet and fiewire target mode. I can move files onto her machine except for invisible files via firewire but they won't install - error 999. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi
Unfortunately, your install DVD won't be able to install the OS onto her iBook as grey disks are machine-specific. She needs to get the Full Retail Version of Mac OS X 10.4 which, normally, comes on a black DVD with a silver X on it. However you can get 10.4 on CDs from AppleRescue
If you're willing to buy an external DVD Writer, you could get the 10.4.6 DVD from Apple or look on http://www.amazon.com for 10.4. Either way, you would then need the Mac OS X 10.4.9 PPC Combo Updater to get up-to-date.
Steve
Edit: Just had a look at the tutorial, shows what I know (little)

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