G3 won't boot 8.6 or 9 Install CD's

I have a B&W G3 that currently has 10.2 on it. I'm trying to install the original system on it (8.6), but it hangs or freezes when it reaches the "Happy Mac" on startup. I've also tried booting from an OS 9 CD (Universal installer), and it does the same thing.
I've tried zapping the PRAM, pressing the CUDA button, and it still behaves the same way.
Any ideas on how I can remedy this?
Thanks,
Jon

Ok, that would explain why it will boot from the 10.2 CD (at least via the "Install Mac OS X" button). I just tried booting from the 10.2 CD by holding down the C key, and it didn't seem to want to boot via that method, but it will boot via the "Install Mac OS X" button.
That article only deals with OS X, correct? The way I've been reading the Adaptec information, it doesn't appear that OS 8.6 or OS 9 should be a problem, which is what I really care about at this point.
The odd thing about this is that I have another B&W (with just a CD-ROM drive, but I don't know offhand if that's IDE or SCSI) that boots fine from the original OS 8.6 install disc.
Are there other possibilities, or is it probably the SCSI card? Could it be the optical drive itself?
Thanks,
Jon
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