Kind of a complicated question... please help?

i've had my brother's old PowerBook G4 15-inch aluminum 1.5 GHz / 1GB ram / 80GB / superdrive (model: A1095) sitting around. it was dropped at some point where it caused the display to not work (it is very dark) but it is usable if you connect it to an external display. i would like to format the hard drive and reinstall the system software.
i didn't research fully before starting... d'oh! oh well too late now. here's what i've done:
1) connected the PowerBook to my MacBook Pro and booted it in target disk mode
2) used Disk Utility and ran the 7-pass security option to erase the hard drive on the PowerBook (this took 1 day 14 hours). it said it was successful but not sure if it was supposed to format the drive too?
3) tried to install the software from the restore disks but got an error that the drive wasn't formatted, so i tried to format it with the Disk Utility
4) for giggles, i tried to use TechTool Deluxe that came with the AppleCare Protection Plan (which has long since expired). nothing.
this is where i am at a loss as to what to do next. i can't seem to get the hard drive to format... when i connect to my MacBook Pro with target disk mode, it gives me an error that the drive needs to be "initialized" so i let it. this is where i am really not sure what i need to do.
should i
a) choose "erase" in Disk Utility? (leaving the default selection "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
- or -
b) create a partition?
- or -
c) do something else? (help, please?)
also, it just occurred to me that i am running 10.6.5 on the MacBook Pro and trying to install 10.3.3 on the PowerBook G4 because that's what the system restore disks have. would that be an issue? i do own the snow leopard family pack and have a couple of open licenses.
the other problem is that the display on the PowerBook is pretty much dead, so not sure how to go about installing the restore software on the hard drive. can you do that in target disk mode? and is there any way to force the PowerBook to display on the external monitor?

aync:
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
• Boot the Book in Firewire Target Disk Mode.
• Insert install disk into MacBook's optical drive.
• Connect computers via firewire cable
• Option Boot PowerBook G4.
• Select Install Disk for startup and click on the straight arrow.
• Select language
• Go to the Utilities menu (Tiger and later) Installer menu (Panther & earlier) and launch Disk Utility.
• Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in left side bar.
• Select Partition tab in main panel. (You are about to create a single partition volume.)
• Click on Options button
• Select Apple Partition Map (PPC Macs) or GUID Partition Table (Intel Macs)
• Click OK
• Select number of partition in pull-down menu above Volume diagram.
(Note 1: One partition is normally preferable for an internal HDD.)
• Type in name in Name field (usually Macintosh HD)
• Select Volume Format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
• Click Partition button at bottom of panel.
• Select Erase tab
• Select the sub-volume (indented) under Manufacturer ID (usually Macintosh HD).
• Check to be sure your Volume Name and Volume Format are correct.
• Click Erase button
• Quit Disk Utility.
• Launch Installer and begin installation.
• Select installation option
• Choose to Customize and deselect Foreign Language Translations and Additional Printer drivers.
Optional: Check box to install X11 (Tiger and later) BSD Subsystems (Panther & earlier).
• Proceed with installation.
• After installation computer will restart for setup.
• After setup, reboot computer.
• Go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.
• Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in left side bar.
• Select First Aid in main panel.
• Click Repair Disk Permissions.
• Connect to Internet.
• Download and install Mac OS X 10.5.8 Combo Update (Leopard) or Mac OS X 10.4.11 Combo update (PPC) (Tiger) or 10.3.9 Combo Update (Panther)
Computer will restart.
• Repair Disk Permissions as previously.
• Go to Apple Menu > Software Update.
• Install all updates.
Computer may restart after updates.
• Go to Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility.
• Select your HDD (manufacturer ID) in left side bar.
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