Can't boot from System 9 CD and install System 9 over 10.4

Power Mac G4 450 APG Mac OS X (10.4.8) 896mb RAM
I got my Mom's old G4 and am trying to set it up for use by my daughter (I like the OS 10 parental controls but not my 6 year old using my PowerBook...)
I did a clean install of System 10.4 and was able to update it to 10.4.8 however since I erased the disk, only System 10 is loaded with no System 9 available for Classic mode. When I try to boot up from a System 9.2.1 installation CD, it will normally not even boot from that CD (I have been able to boot from a System 10 and a Disk Warrior CD).
When I try to boot from the System 9.2.1 CD, the monitor usually shows a blank screen with the mouse arrow (which moves with the mouse). I have to hit the reset button to boot back into 10 or try holding the "C" key down again. I've tried two System 9.2.1 CDs and a System 9.0 CD with no luck.
I've reset the NVRAM, PRAM, PMU etc. I was able to get a System 9.2 boot up screen three times (by hitting the reset button and holding down the "C" key) but the system loads only about half way on the horizontal bar and shows only 3 startup icons on the bottom. It then stops.
I've also tried dragging the "System" file out of "System/Library/CoreServices" to the desk top but that did not help. Found that the system recreated the file back in its proper place.
Anyone have any ideas?
(Normally use) PowerBook 15 G4 1.5 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.5Gb RAM
PowerBook 15 G4 1.5 Ghz Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.5mb RAM

The first line of my original post had: Power Mac G4 450 APG Mac OS X (10.4.8) 896mb RAM. What it did not have was that there was a SCSI card attached to an internal SCSI HD that I pulled out of an old PowerMac9500 (I wanted some of the data and applications on it).
When I pulled out the SCSI card, I was able to boot from the 9.2.1 CD and install System 9 onto one of the ATA drives I had installed (the original 20 gb HD and a 30 gb HD from an old PC). All three drives did show up on the desktop and I had access to all as they were. I just could not boot up from the System 9 CD. Pulling out the SCSI card allowed me to boot from the System 9.2 CD. I don’t know why. I installed System 9 with a clean install (erasing all files on the original 20 gb HD), rebooted into System 9, then updated the firmware successfully. I then loaded System 10.4.8 on the G4.
I now have System 10.4.8 running on the G4 with System 9.2 running in Classic. All three HD’s are working fine. Now if I can only figure out why I can’t hook up an external Ultra SCSI 2 CD-RW but that will be another post.
Thanks to all,
DJ
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