None of my OS 9 drives will boot...

Hi All,
Encountered a problem that only just started happening today...No HD that i install OS 9 onto will boot...
Ive always installed OS 9 using a cd copy of the retail version of 9 (i.e a CD-R that i made of the OS 9 disk image, not an actual retail copy of 9) and up until now ive never had any problems with any install i do, i can even update up to 9.2.2 through this. But today my main OS 9 machine (a Digital Audio Power Mac G4) suddenly lost all audio, the machine would boot into 9 but would not make a sound no matter what i did. At first i thought it might be a hardware thing but then i noticed that sound worked fine on my second HD that had 10.4 on it...so i thought id bite the bullet and back up all the important stuff then wipe the disk and re-install OS 9.
Ever since then ive had no end of problems, everytime i run and finish the install, it completes with no problems, i can see the disk with all the data on it, and in OS X the disk is recognised as a bootable disk. However when i try to boot using it, the system defaults back to the OS X drive... I tried installing OS 9 on  another HD that i had lying around and the same thing happens, the install finished successfully, i can access the disk and it has all the system files on and everything, but i cannot boot using the disk.
At first i thought it might be a problem with my G4 so i tried it in the G3 ive got (the old beige tower. RETRO!), same thing. I can boot using the 9 CD image, install 9 onto any HD i put in the machine, but i can't boot onto it, in the case of the G3, it would default back to booting from the CD.
Its starting to irritate me a bit now since it should work but it wont, and until today ive never had any problems. The only difference i can think of between today and any other day is that, today i installed an Apple Branded DVD-ROM drive in the G4, but i dont see how that could have affected it in any way, shape or form.
Does anyone have any info or useful places to send me, im starting to get to the 'hair tearing out' stage, i dont really use OS 9 for anything important (just playing old games really) but id still like it to work, it did before so it should do now...
Cheers!

May I take this thread a little farther with my perplexing question? I seem unable to start a new thread. OK... Here goes.
Just like "ufoclub", My FireWire externals just failed to mount on start-up when I returned from vacation. I assumed there was a problem with the drives. When I opened disc utility, one of the two SLOWLY appeared in disc utility, but it was assigned a random name. When I tried to mount it, it simply disappeared.
Next I tried unplugging the other drive, and re-starting... Same deal. Next I plugged both back in and re-started... No dice. Then I repaired disc permissions on my system drive, and tried again. Still not working.
At this point, I concluded that both drives must have taken a power hit, even though everything in my studio is on a UPS. I brought both drives into the office, plugged them into my G4, AND they both mounted immediately. I changed out both FireWire cables on the Mac Pro, and tried it all again. Still nothing. Back to the G4 with them... They show up on the G4 just fine, but now the Pro won't even see them over the network. Repaired disc permissions again. Still nothing.
Could 2 of the FireWire ports on my Pro be toast? I have Digi 002 plugged into one of the ports, and it works just fine.
FireWire Drives - Rocstore
Computer - Mac Pro dual 3.0, with dual 23" cinema... OSX 10.4.8 - Two internal, 500 gig drives.
Running Pro Tools LE and Logic Pro.
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