Mac G5 ***** - Classic OS9 System Support won't load despite best efforts

Very Frustrated PC user - trying to switch to Mac. I have G5 iMac with OS 10.4.3. I am simply trying to install my wife's new Casio digital camera software which needs Classic to work.
What the F? Every PC known to man is backwards compatible; why not the "easiest computer in the world," aka Mac?
So, I have the installer disc for OS9 System Support and everytime I try to install it, it stops in the middle and reads "The application Installer quit unexpectedly."
Any suggestions?
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I'd like to add to the woes. Last summer I purchased
a G5 tower (on eBay) that had 10.3 on it. I needed to
transfer my data, older applications, and System
folder from my B/W G3 (400 MHz) over to the G5 in a
Classic folder. One of the forums here said to use an
Ethernet cable to make the transfer. The good news:
my data from the old computer transferred.
That was the good news. The bad news: even though I
transferred it, I actually created two different
Classic folders. Now, it will only open one of them.
And, in addition, each time Classic attempts to
mount, I get an error message:
"The system software on the startup disk only
functions on the original media, not if copied to
another drive."
You get that error message if you copy the System Folder from the system CD onto a hard drive. The System Folder on a CD contains a special version of the System file which will not work on a hard drive. You should delete that System Folder forthwith.
So, I guess I have several questions:
1) May I delete the two folders that have Classic in
them?
Just kill the one copied from the CD.
2) If so, how may I do so safely?
put the System file somewhere else, put the System Folder into the Trash, reboot, empty the Trash, put the System file into the Trash, empty the Trash.
3) Since I still need Classic for some applications
(that I'm too poor/cheap to spend the money to
upgrade), and since the disks I received with the
computer didn't have Classic on them at all,
If you got the original system discs, you got a disc which has Classic. There will be an alias specifically set to install Classic.
what is
the best way to get Classic installed on this
machine?
May I also introduce an unrelated problem? This G5
tower, as purchased, was partitioned. It has a system
partition and a regular partition. Is there a way for
me to have no partitions without wiping the drive
clean first?
No. When you repartition it you kill the current partitions.
Many thanks!!!
Joe C.
Springfield, IL
(Mac user since 1984)
PowerMac G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9)
PowerMac G5
Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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