upgrading jaguar to panther on pismo (with no 10.2 discs)

[jimbob]

	Hi, am new to the list but have enjoyed reading the advice and tips 
that you guys share. I have a 400mhz Pismo that I bought second hand 
with a fresh copy of Jaguar installed on it but no discs so took it as 
my opportunity to dive into the world of OSX which is just fantastic. 
Now that Panther is due for release I will be buying a copy so that 
finally I will have the security of some system discs should things go 
awol, as well as all the OS improvements.
	My main question is this:
	Apart from backing up all my data ( I have a firewire cd burner - any 
advice welcomed ) what would be your recommendations for installing the 
new OS - a complete reinstall and clean my hard drive,  or just install 
on top of what I am currently running?
	I have few aps added and don't use os 9 anymore and have been running 
the laptop for about 6 months with little trouble. I have a 10gb hard 
drive (only half full) and 384mb ram and mainly use the laptop for 
mp3s, internet and email.

	As an aside the laptop came with an Airport card (bonus!) but can this 
be used with a non-apple base station? I would need a dial up modem 
though as no adsl in rural UK so any recommendations would be useful.

	One final question(!) would you recommend installing Panther on my 
aging iMac ( 266mhz, 6gb hard drive and 384 mb ram ) rather than 9.2.2. 
Used mainly for business email and word processing so a shortage of 
hard drive room not a problem.

	Many thanks in advance and for taking it easy on a newcomer, regards, 
James Bryan

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