Can't see G4 HD to reinstall OS 9

OS 9 on my Power Mac G4 4oo MHg disappeared. It started up on OS 10.3 instead.
I tried to reinstall OS 9, but only the install disk shows up as a choice to install onto - it won't show the HD.
I also tried to erase OS X, then reinstall OS 9; HD still does not show up.
When I then reinstalled OS X, I had no problem - HD shows up, system loads fine.
How can I get back to working on OS 9?
Thanks!

Hi, macinitly -
Welcome to Apple's Discussions.
The usual cause for a drive to be visible/addressable in OSX but not in OS 9 is the absence of OS 9 drivers; when those drivers are not present, the volume in question can not be mounted when the machine is booted to OS 9 (any OS 9, including that on a CD).
Apple KBase Article #TA20774 - Disk Is Available in Mac OS X But Not in Mac OS 9 addresses that problem, and offers one possible way to recover gracefully, by using OS 9's Drive Setup to update the drivers (and thereby re-install them).
Unfortunately that rarely works. The only solution then is to re-initialize the drive and make sure that OS 9 drivers are installed (which is automatic if using OS 9's Drive Setup, but optional if using OSX's Disk Utility). This will erase the drive completely, so be sure to first back up anything you don't want to lose.
If the drive had been OS 9 bootable, then the drivers had been there. Why they went away would be the concern.
This can happen as 'just one of those things'; or, it can indicate some kind of damage has happened to the boot partition on the drive (that partition is an on the drive which is visible only to some disk utilities).
To check for such damage, boot the machine to your OSX 10.3 Install CD and run Disk Utility from the CD, let it have a look at the drive. If there are errors reported, let DU fix what it can. DU may not be able to fix everything it finds (it has better diagnostics than repair capabilities); if that occurs, a stronger utility like Alsoft's DiskWarrior can usually fix things with little or no loss of data.
You can also do a re-initialization of the drive to repair the boot partition. Choose one of the deep-wipe options, such as writing zeros, to ensure old damage is wiped off. Again, this will completely erase the drive, so back stuff up first.

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