Upgrading OS9 to Tiger - Help!!

I have an iMac G4 (15in flat screen) with 1G of Ram. It was given to me by a friend. I was trying to install Tiger onto it. It previously had OS 9. The problem is that when I put Tiger in, it took out my old OS and then started to install Tiger. Halfway through Tiger there was a glitch and it stopped downloading. It made me re-start my computer and now Tiger will not install becuase my previous OS is gone and it can't find it. I am so lost and have no clue what to do!!! Any help would be great!!!!!

Look at this link. Mac OS X v10.4 Tiger Installing Software Support Page
http://www.apple.com/support/tiger/install/
You need to check if your Mac requires a firmware (Boot ROM version) update. Mac OS X: Available firmware updates
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86117 If an update is required, the update must be installed (using OS 9) BEFORE you install OS X.
 Cheers, Tom

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