IMacG3/500 will not start with OS9 from CD

I just got my iMacG3/500 MHz modelnumber M5521. It had a load 30MB drive that I changed to a wispering 40 MB and entered OS10.4. Then I tried to enter OS9.1 by starting from the CD that I know is working on other iMacG3:s...but with poor result. My iMac "looked at the CD" but start´s from the HD after a while. I ofcourse have the C-button pressed while trying to start.
What can be wrong ?
Thanks for ANY info you can give me.
Best regards / Ingvar in Stockholm / Sweden
iMacIntel + iMacG3/500 Mac OS X (10.4.8) Plus,SE,SE/30,LCIII,Q700,7300,iMacG3/400

If you use a universal installation CD of a version that is at or above the version that came with your iMac model originally, it should work. Since your iMac could have come with 9.1 or 9.2, I would go with a 9.2 installation CD.
I have seen this vendor recommended as a source for Mac OS 9 installation disks.
http://www.applerescue.com/
Note: After Mac OS 9.2.1 is installed, the update to 9.2.2 is a free download installer from Apple. In fact, all of the updaters for Mac OS 9 are free downloads, but you have to have a version of Mac OS 9 installed first using a CD-based installer. So you might as well get a universal CD for 9.2.1.

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