Update - I tried erasing the leftover files from the failed installs, but it froze again as it was counting the files in the trash. I got to thinking, what about the internal DIMM? I put the original 128MB DIMM back on the logic board, and sure enough, it completed the trash emptying, and...
I recently got a care package from OWC with some upgrades for my iMac G4 700 MHz. I got two 512 MB sticks of ram (one DIMM and one SO-DIMM) and one of their SSD upgrade kits (120GB). After installing all that, I installed Mac OS 9.2.2 just fine. But, when I went to install OS X Tiger using a DVD...