Mac G£ (B&G) OS 10.3.9 - Difficulties installing OS 10.4

I purchased OS 10.4 with the intention of upgrading my son's Mac G3 from OS 10.3.9. to OS 10.4 as he wishes to use iMovie HD. I have thus far failed to do that despite numerous attempts and, I think, following all the advice in the installation guide.
The G3 has a CD drive and I purchased a DVD installation disk. This I used in the attempts to install OS 10.4. The DVD drive (lacie Read/Write/Lightscribe) plays DVDs and plays and copies CDs. It reads and recognises the 10.4 installation disk. However, after clicking, as required, on "Restart" the installation programme does not run. Similarly, depressing 'C' whilst restarting has no effect, as does specifying the installer as the startup item. The G3 meets all the published requirements.
Suggestions welcome.
Thanks.

Hi,
I, too, am having difficulties. I have a G3 B&W and was able to upgrade. However, on restarting, it hangs up and then I get a "broken folder". I've tried everything I know of , including an erase and install and nothing works. If anyone ahas any suggestions, I'd sure appreciate it. About six months ago, I installed a Pioneer DVR 109 and I am beginning to think that is what is causing my problems, but don't know how to get around it.

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