New Powerbook G4, Want to use 8.6

I searched through other forums, but didn't find the answers I needed. Some came close, but not quite. So I apologize in advance if this is answered somewhere I didn't see.
I bought a PowerMac G4 in 1999 and upgraded to OS 8.6 soon after. Ever since then, I've loved 8.6 and only about a year ago was forced to get a cheap PC to run newer software since I refused to upgrade the OS that I'd come to adore. In the last month, I finally bought a Powerbook G4 with OSX Tiger and rather than spending hundreds of dollars to get new versions of software I already have for OS 8.6 (not to mention the software I use regularly and know there's no version anymore compatible with OSX) I decided to partition 10 GB off the hard drive to install OS 8.6.
Unfortunately, it wasn't as easy as I hoped. I had to buy an OS9 disk so I can run Classic programs (I've never even seen OS9 used before, much less OSX so you can imagine how befuddled I've been) and when I went to install it on the partitioned section (where I didn't install OSX at all...I didn't think it was necessary at the time) I got a message telling me that I wasn't allowed to install OS9 on the small partition. I installed it on the main partition and figured I could then install OS 8.6 on the small partition (before I couldn't run the 8.6 installer because I didn' have OS9) but now the computer is telling me it can't run the 8.6 application.
So, I need to know if it's possible to install 8.6 on a 10GB partition, if so, what do I need to do and/or what am I doing wrong?
If it's not possible, and I'm just stuck with OS9, will I even be able to use my old 7.5.3-8.6 applications on it? I'm sure things like Adobe Pagemill, MS Office, Corel Wordperfect, etc will work fine, but I have a lot of third-party applications and games I enjoy playing (hey, I still use my NES!) and I'd hate to lose those. Plus, the whole point of the laptop was to condense the space taken up on my desk for a desktop Mac and PC, so if I still have to use the desktop Mac, it kind of defeats itself.
Also, I hate IE, but it has a badly-needed function that Firefox, Opera, Safari, etc don't. Anyone know where I can find the last-known release of it, now that Microsoft stopped its support?
Thank you for any help you can give me. I already feel lost in this "new" OSX world. I'm sure there's tricks to navigating the system, but I feel almost like when I was using XP for the first time and was trying to dive deep into the system. I'm so used to doing it on 8.6 that I feel lost on OSX.

Welcome to Apple Discussions!
You can't install 9.2.1 or earlier on any Mac that is only Mac OS X bootable. In fact you need to use the restore disks which came with those Macs to install 9.2.2 on those Macs. 8.6 is only possible to install on Macs which came with 8.6 or earlier. The 9.1 disk may be useful for your 1999 PowerMac G4, but won't be of any use for a 2006 Powerbook G4.
Adobe Pagemill does not follow w3.org web publishing standards. If you want a webpage editor, get http://www.barebones.com/ BBEdit
MS Office, there is a free Mac OS X alternative in http://www.neooffice.org/
Or you can upgrade to the full Office 2004 for the Mac, or get http://www.thinkfree.com/ or Open OS X Office.
Wordperfect files can be converted to Word files with http://www.dataviz.com/ 's Maclinkplus.
Microsoft no longer has Internet Explorer for download (that quit being offered January 2006), though that is covered more in my FAQ:
http://www.macmaps.com/browser.html
As for other Mac OS X inquiries, I strongly recommend seeing my other FAQ:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html
which should answer most of your other questions. If you have further questions, please feel free to ask me.
Disclaimer: Reference to links I make to my Macmaps.com website are a for your information only type reference. I do not get any profit from this page, and it is open to the public.

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