Wallstreet and 10.4.9

Has anyone else running Tiger on a Wallstreet (with the aid of XPostFacto) been unable to install the 3 latest software updates, namely iTunes 7.1, QuickTime 7.1.5, and Tiger 10.4.9? I keep getting a message that none of the checked updates could be installed because an unknown error had occurred...

Something similar happened to me when I tried to upgrade from 10.2.8 to 10.4.1 on my Wallstreet. I took an alternate path since I have access to an iBook. I took the drive out and put it in a FireWire enclosure and used the iBook to install Tiger, then moved the drive back to the Wallstreet. That worked. I then ran XPostFacto4 and Software Update to update to 10.4.9 and the latest iTunes and QT. 10.4.9 runs on a Wallstreet if you can get it to install.
(Wallstreet1998 292MHz 512MB 30GB)

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    Sorry for the late reply. Great, I am glad that this time the message went through; I am still wondering why the first one was removed.
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  • Wallstreet and Tiger: no OS X 8GB "limit", issues if 512MB RAM installation

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    Another installation procedure (still, similar to the previous one).
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