My powerPC G5 crashed.  I bought a new hard drive and tried to load 10.4 OS and it will not load.  Can you help, Please?

I can't reintstall my OS.  My primary drive crashed.  I replaced the drive and got the 10.4 OS for the power PC.  I can't get the install to work.  What am I doing wrong?

At what point does the Install fail to work?
Did you format the new drive?
How to format your disks...
http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/partitioning_tiger.html
(To Install OSX on an IntelMac the Drive it needs the GUID Partitioning scheme mentioned at the bottom.)
Thanks to Pondini, Formatting,  Partitioning, Verifying,  and  Repairing  Disks...
http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/DU.html
Could this new drive require a jumper on pins 5&6 to slow it to the G5' SAT 1.5Gb/Sec speed?

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