Mac OS 10.3 won't install on my HD

So i recently mistakenly formatted my hard drive to install Mac OS 10.5(I have no idea why i thought that would help) and so to figure out that i couldn't(Due to the fact that it was a gray disc) so I found one of my old Mac OS install disc for 10.3 and tried to install it, until i got to the "Select a Destination" part and saw a red ! on the hard drive in my PowerBook G4. I formatted it for all 4 options (Unix, MS, Mac Journaled, Extended) And none of them seemed to work, i don't necessarily think its my hard drive broken. Is there any way to fix this? 

Some Powerbook G4s do not support Mac OS X 10.4.2 or earlier.   It would help to know the age of your Powerbook to let you know the limitations:
How to find your Mac's model and age?
10/31/2005 10.4.3 retail release
10/19/2005 Powerbook 5,8; 5.9.
4/29/2005 10.4 retail release
1/31/2005 Powerbook 5,6; 5,7; 6,8.
8/29/2004 10.3.5 retail release
4/19/2004 Powerbook 5,4; 5,5; 6,4
12/17/2003 10.3.2 retail release
10/24/2003 10.3.0 retail release
9/16/2003  Powerbook 5,2; 5,3; 6,2
Mac OS X Tiger System requirements
10.3 system requirements upgrading to and beyond

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