Lost admin pw (OSX), sw install cd only OS9...how do I reset?

Gave my father an older ibook (clamshell) some time back. Installed Panther on it when released. Few days ago he asked to set an admin password on it, series of asterisks appeared below his name/sign-in icon and I asked him if he knew what it was, he said yes, I clicked okay. Turns out it was not what he thought. I know I should have re-entered rather than assuming the asterisks were what he thought he knew. So now, we've rebooted with the original software install cd, but since it reboots to OS9 we [seem to] have no access to the password reset.
Is there some way to reset his admin password via this install cd? The suggestions I've found have only referred to cds that will boot in OSX (where the admin password is situated "...choosing Reset Password from the installer menu"). Any help is appreciated.
Thanks! Paul

Notice that in "Tiger", the reset password field doesn't contain any bullets - this is probably because the problem you described wasn't uncommon in "Panther" - the bullets were just for show and were hiding characters that had nothing to do with the actual password and people often inadvertently reset their passwords as a result. Since the fields were pre-filled, this also made it possible to change the password from the GUI without having to type it twice for confirmation, further exacerbating the problem.
Try "1234567". Make adjustments if any of the bullets were deleted, or if any additional characters were tagged on to the end at the time the password was set.

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