Multiple OS's on one Mac

Greetings!
Part of my home network consists of a Quicksilver Power Mac. To make a long story as short as possible, , I need to keep 10.2 because of some Apps i Like, I want to keep OS 9 becaus I'm a sentimental sop and I have to install a version of OSX to which I can use Backup (.Mac). Backup for 10.5. does not work very well with anything below 10.4 and I'm using my Quicksilver as a backup server for my (now 10.5, formerly 10.4) iMac.
OK, I've got my nice, new install DVD with 10.4....
I wanted to leave OS 9 & 10.2.8 on the original 40 GB Drive and install 10.4 on the added 200 GB drive (which is connected via a controller). Tiger installs ok & is listed as a possible startup location in sys pref. but when trying to start everything ends at a gray screen with a gray apple . No turning wheel etc. Starting from the small drive (OS 9 or 10.2) is ok. Checked permissions and drive, zapped pram
I suspect that I will have to install 10.4 on the smaller drive (plenty of space left) for booting, but would like to keep the 10.2 configuration for certain purposes. Any ideas?
Thanx for any input on this
Jacques

Needed more space and got a 200 GB Drive before realizing that the built-in controller could not access that much...
Connecting the drive to the built-in controller would force me to reformat the drive (smaller) and lose quite a few backup files.
What I'm dreading is shifting everything to the 200 GB drive (CCCloner), formatting and partitioning the 40 GB drive and re-installing OS 9 & 10.2 in one partition and 10.4 on another. This would be the ultima ratio if booting off the 200 GB drive just won't work, but since it is listed in sys pref I suspect you may be right about the bad install
oh, btw, I did format the drive MacOS Extended/HFS+

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