Lombard couldn't start after installing a new hard drive

After I installed the new internal hard drive for my powerbook G3 lombard, I tried to boost it by using my tiger disk and hold "C", but the Finder prompt shows "?" and i couldn't even start the computer. I aslo tried the same thing by using my old OS 8.6, it was still the same. This problem is happened only after i installed the new 40GB hard drive in my powerbook.
When finder prompted "?", I just let it going, the computer shut down itself after a while.
Could you please tell me what the problem is and how to fix it? Thanks!
Eric
Powerbook G3 Lombard Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Eric,
If you have not done so, reset the PRAM from a cold start; please allow 2-3 startup chimes before releasing keys.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
With all peripherals disconnected, boot to your MacOS 8.6 CD. Use the Drive Setup in the Utilities folder on the CD to initialize the HD using HFS Extended Format; this is always a good procedure to follow on a new HD. Also be sure to "Update HD Driver" with Drive Setup so a driver will be installed.
You need 9.x to run XPostFacto; if you don't have 9.x, you could install an earlier version of 10.x up to 10.3 which is natively supported by the Lombard, then install XpostFacto. This will allow you to boot the Tiger DVD and install 10.4.
If you have a USB HD with a bootable 9.x installed, boot to your MacOS 8.6 CD, then connect the USB HD. If you have 9.x on the USB HD, you can drag-copy it to the internal HD, then restart to the internal HD. Now add XPostFacto so you can install Tiger.
You cannot boot to a FireWire HD through a FW PC card. However, once you have an OS installed on the internal HD, you can use XPostFacto as a "helper" to boot a FW HD through a FW PC card if you desire. I am not sure if you also need 10.x on the internal HD for this configuration to work.
You also cannot boot to a USB HD:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58354
Good luck and I hope I have covered all of your options.

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