Installing OS 9 Drivers using X.3.9 Disk Utility

Hi all,
Is it possible to install OS 9 drivers on an external hard drive using Disk Utility under X.3.9? I searched under Help on my 14" iBook G4 (which doesn't boot into 9 if I'm not mistaken) and it tells me to check the "Install OS 9 Drivers" checkbox. However, this checkbox does not exist to my knowledge.
I'm trying to create a disk that can backup both the iBook and an older PowerMac G4 that runs OS 9.1. Since I'm doing this to an external drive, OS 9's Drive Setup tells me the drive is unsupported.
Anyone done this? Or do I need to look for a workaround in Terminal, or a 3rd party formatting software?

In order to have OS 9 drivers installed on a hard
drive you must either format the drive using OS X
Disk Utility and checking that option when you
partition the drive. This is a destructive process
so all the data will be erased from the drive. You
can also format the drive using the OS 9 disk
formatter. Be sure to use Mac OS Extended for the
format.
Here's the deal. The only way I have found that I can format the drive so that it will give me the drivers is to temporarily put it in my PowerMac. Doing that means I lose about 60 gig of storage. I want as much storage as possible, so I'd rather not go this route.
When I try to format the drive using Disk Utility in OS X the option to install OS 9 drivers does not exist. Maybe it's the version of Disk Utility I'm using, but more than likely it's the fact that the iBook that runs OS X isn't capable of booting into OS 9 so Apple decided to take away the ability to give a drive OS 9 drivers.
Is there any way to do what I want to do? Can Disk Utility give me the drivers I need, or do I need to find some other program that can?

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