Upgrade to Tiger with PB G4

Hi All-
First post! I'm thinking about upgrading from 10.2.8 to Tiger on my older PB (titanium) G4, 550Mhz, 512mb, no Fire wire. Shoud I have any issues with the upgrade or installation? I currently have 9GB free.
I have a ton of music saved up for my iPod. Will I have to back-up my music library before the installation?
Maybe this is all a waste and I should take the plunge for a newer PB!!
Greatly appreciate any feedback. Thanks in advance.
Power of Mac be with you!
Dominic

I hope this doesn't disappoint you but all Titanium Powerbooks have Firewire ports. If you mean your Firewire port is no longer functioning, then you do have a minor problem. You cannot make a bootable backup without a Firewire port. If you install Tiger and have any problem, you will not have a backup to restore.
However, that given you should be able to upgrade to Tiger. Be sure to repair your hard drive and permissions before attempting an upgrade. Do not upgrade unless you have verified that the hard drive and the currently installed OS X are OK.
Normally, I would suggest you add more RAM at least to 1 GB. You also need a larger hard drive or need to free up space on the hard drive. Plan on 15 to 20 percent of the hard drive's capacity should be maintained as free space.

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