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I have G4 867MHz, 768 SDRAM, Boot ROM v4.2.8f1, AGP nVidia video card, and a Sony CD-RW with no DVD-ROM. I tried to install Tiger from a Sony External, USB DVD-RW / DVD-ROM, using the Apple retail OSX Tiger DVD, and get message, "unable to install from this disk." I do not have any virus software installed. Is the "Boot ROM v4.2.8f1" the "firmware upgrade" that I read I should have installed? I don't see anything in my G4's About This MAC that shows current running version of anything called "firmware."
My G4 has two hard disks, with OSX 10.3.9 and all apps installed on one, and the second disk has three, equal-sized partitions / volumes, 42GB each partition, that I've used for partial backup of music files, etc.... and both hard disks are writable, journaled HFS+.
Please direct me to a step by step install procedure, written in simple language that doesn't assume I know what every MAC term means?
I apologize, but I get confused when I'm asked about "verify disk" and "permissions" and "backup" when all I hope to do is upgrade from 10.3 to 10.4.
Do I need to reinstall 10.3 first, after backing up my hard disk, before 10.4 can "continue" to be installed? Will all my apps and music now on my main, system hard disk be erased when I install Tiger? I feel lost about what might happen if I screw this up, and lose all my stuff.
If I backup with CCC, can it be easily be "restored" to my original hard disk if erased during installation of Tiger? Why is this upgrade so hard to happen?
If this info already exists in Apple Discussions, please direct me to it, as I haven't been able to find it. Thank you.

Remember, if you clone your Install Tiger DVD to one of the partitions on your second hard drive, then that partition is your is your boot DVD. It will contain all necessary Utilities to repair your startup drive. And if for some reason you are not able to startup from your boot drive, then you will not be able to access your drive utilities.
I was able to do this a few year back with Carbon Copy Cloner as well as Disk Utility using an OS 10.2 DVD. I am now running that OS on a unsupported Power Mac. However that is all experiential and there is absolutely nothing of any importance on that computer. Let me also add that I used Xpostfacto which may have help the booting process, that really I don't know. But Tiger is a far more sophisticated OS and I am not sure if will work. And even if it did, it would be like having a new car with the hood and trunk welded shut. I think the exchange program is your best option.
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