How to re-install OS 10.3 (Panther)?

I've recently erased partitions and re-installed OS 3 a few times, after disk errors such as
Checking extents overflow file
invalid key length
volume check failed
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit (-9972)
and
keys out of order
The machine was working fine (I just want to use it to watch DVDs) and I powered it down. (Hmm, I might have just turned off the power switch rather than logging out, etc.)
Then, when I turned the machine on again, as far as hard drives go, "MacIntosh HD" disappeared and an unmounted "disk03" appeared when I went to Disk Utility on the Install CD, seeking to repair the disk.
Now, when I boot the machine with the install disk inside, holding down the C key, there's no place at which to reinstall the OS. When I go to Disk Utility, there's only a circling circle with the message "Gathering disk information" which goes on without success.
What to do?
Thanks for any suggestions.

It could be your haddrive is going bad.  Hd's do not last forever.
Which iMac is it?  I've replaced the hd on iMac g3 twice. 
Robert

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