Boot from DVD...doesn't recognize hard drive

Hello all,
Hopefully someone can help me out. I just replaced my 160GB 7200rpm hard drive with a Hitachi 200GB 7200rpm hard drive, put it all back together, booted up from the DVD, went to select a destination for a clean install, but the hard drive doesn't show up. Any ideas? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
17" 2.4GHz Mac Book Pro w/ 4GB of RAM
Trying to install OS 10.4.9

Try a Parameter RAM reset ?
Hold down apple/option/p/r keys at Boot and wait for three chimes before releasing the keys
(Keep the install DVD in the drive while doing this)

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