How do I un-partition my HD?

I am sorting out my old mac for my mate and want to reformat the HD. I had it partitioned for OS9 and OS10, but now want to reformat the whole 40GB as OS10. I have tried reinstalling OS10.4 but it will only restall on one partition.
How do I un-partition my hard drive then? Can anyone help me?
G4 733, Powerbook G4 1.67, Mac Pro 2.66GHz   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Use the instructions in this article to create a single partition setup.
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