Installing OSX 10.4 from scratch??

thanks for getting back to me! do i need to do all that (erase etc) even if the hard drive is empty and brand new? if not, what do i have to do for a completely empty brand new hard drive? many thanks.

Hi all, thanks for the responses.

although I am having a bit of trouble with this:

'3. Click the Erase tab.
*4. Click the disclosure triangle to the left of the hard drive icon to display the names of your hard disk volumes and partitions.*
5. Select your Mac OS X volume.
6. Highlight the drive, select Partition Tab, then Format type... MacOS Extended Journalled, select the Security Options button, choose Zero Out Data, Erase... after completion hopefully you'll be able to install.'

I can't see the disclosure tab? What is it you mean by that??

The way I have understood doing this installation so far, is this. Is this right?:

1. on inserting the disc, and selecting the language, i go onto disk utility.
(according to http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/partitioningtiger.html , i don't need to go onto the erase tab, as 'If you are going to partition your new drive you can skip down to the Partition section below, as when you partition your hard drive, you will reformat the drive during the partition process.' Is this right?)

2. i go onto partitioning, select my one partition i want to make, select it from the big box to the left, click to format as mac os extended (journaled)

3. click the partition button, and wait for this to finish.

4. carry on installing tiger as i've finished formatting/partiting.

does this sound right? if not, where have i got it wrong, and what do i need to change?

cheers, will make sure that it reports GUID.

just to make sure, is it right that i don't need to go onto the erase tab, as 'If you are going to partition your new drive you can skip down to the Partition section below, as when you partition your hard drive, you will reformat the drive during the partition process'?

thanks again for everyones help.