IMac G3 hard drive upgrade

I have an iMac G3:
- slot-load
- 350MHz
- 128MB RAM
- 6GB hard drive
The computer was making a loud noise, which I believed to be the hard drive. I removed the hard drive and connected it externally and it made the same loud noise. I want to replace the hard drive, and I have an unused 120GB 3.5" drive I want to use in my iMac.
My question is, do I need to partition it less than 8GB? Or is that only for the tray-loading iMacs? When I insert the new blank hard drive, do I need to install Mac OS 9 or can I just insert my Mac OS 10.3 Panther disc?
Thanks.

You don't need a partition under 8GB for your iMac. You're right. That's for tray loaders.
You can install Panther without OS9.
Make sure the drive is set "Master". Check the drive manufacturer's web sit for the jumper configuration if you have questions.
If the drive doesn't show up, boot from your Panther disk and use Drive Setup to initialize the new drive.
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