Ibook g3 hard drive does not show up after new installation

I have an older ibook g3. I purchased a 20gb hard drive to replace the dead 10gb hard drive that came with the computer when I bought it new. The installation was fairly easy. After the hard drive was installed and everything was put back together I turned on the computer and loaded the install disk into the cd tray. The new hard drive does not show up in order to install the operating system. What do I need to do in order to get the hard drive to show up?
Scott

Hey Scott,
The new hard drive does not show up in order to install the operating system. What do I need to do in order to get the hard drive to show up?
When you're in the installer go up to the top menu bar under utilities? or tools? and start up disk utilities. See if you see the hard drive there. If so it might not be formatted correctly so erase it and format it for your install (usually Mac OS Extended (Journaled). That should make it show up.
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