Fresh install problems

Hi I was using Disk utility to overwrite my deleted data and stopped it prematurely.

It then will not let me download anything because there is not enough disk space.

So I cant solve this so I am trying to do a fresh install. I put the disk in and it is recognised straight away and comes up with mac os x install disk 1.

I click on install mac os x and bundled software and it says click the restart button. I do this and enter my password and then it says

"Mac OS X Install disc 1" could not be used as a start up volume.
Please make sure the Mac OS X installation disc is in the drive.


Please help my mac is useless at the moment

Is the Tiger install disc a black coloured full retail version and not a silver grey model specific version? System restore discs usually work only with the model they were released with.

Take it you pop in the disc, reboot and immediately hold down the 'C' button to boot from the disc? If successful you need to format the drive and do a clean install and then update.