I have a powerbook g4 and i am having trouble erasing the disk.

I want to dispose of this computer. I go to Utility, Erase, and select the disk, but volume format and name both stay grayed out so I can't continue. Any suggestions?I

Are you possibly using Disk Utility installed on the internal hard disk? If you wish to completely erase a startup disk, you would have to start the computer from another disc/disk. See, for example, the link below:
http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilformat_5.htm
If you do not have access to a suitable system disc, you may want to try an Internet search for an old PowerPC version (dban-2.0.0_powerpc.iso) of a data erasure utility called DBAN instead. Once a bootable CD-R has been created from a downloaded iso file, you could test whether that disc would let you boot the PowerBook G4 (while holding down the C key). Then follow  instructions on screen.
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