I want to wipe iBook of it's content, but it will not boot up from DVD

Can someone tell me how I clear off the content of iBook and install the basic set of the applications? I have the original OS 9 disks but they will not boot up with these. I have gradually upgraded the OS so I don't have disks to match 10.4.11.
I want to give this away, as I bought new MacBook Pro recently and I have all of the files on the new computer, (and on another hard drive).
Thank you for any help from out there.

No problem; I usually answer good questions already solved. (It's for the search engine.) Here's how to wipe a corporate or government ATA hard drive.
Should you be concerned about spies, industrial and foreign, or even you own personal information, there is a standard method of erasing ATA disks that contain government classified information. Most ATA disks have it built in (and is a concern when purchasing computers for classified research). It's extreme, but sometimes necessary: information otherwise remains stored on 'bad' blocks, &c.
At one time, only the DOS program HDDerase activated the secure erase in ROM. For Mac users, the Linux program 'hdparm' (which has other uses) will do this from a Live Linux distribution on CD (unless you can boot a USB Flash Drive).'Darwin' might have it.
How to Nuke an ATA Hard Drive
http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATASecureErase
Note that, if you stop the process part way though, the disk may not be usable again (except to spies). Also, nothing is guaranteed.
If Darwin doesn't have it, or if it doesn't work, LiveCD distributions, such as Mint, Berry, & those of major distributions can be found here:
Linux Release Watch
http://distrowatch.com/

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