Not sure how re-install 9.2.2 on OLD G3 PowerBook... No install Discs

I'm trying to help out a friend who somehow got his hands on an old 233 MHz G3 PowerBook. It's running 9.2.2 now but it has a bunch of crap on it that needs to be removed. So i figured a re-install would fix things up nicely. .. Only problem is, there are no install discs!! I have my old G4 OS 9 install disks, but am afraid that i will seriously screw things up trying to use them on an older G3. I download the 9.2.2 update from here, thinking i could just run that, but it's been so long since I've even looked at OS 9.. I don't remember what to do and how to do it. And... I just have an overwhelming feeling that i can't do it without the install discs, because i know i couldn't do a clean install of OS X without the start up disc.
I just need to dump all the unnecessary programs, files, extensions, etc as the only thing my friend will use this for, is getting online from time to time.
Can anyone give me any advice or offer any suggestions as to what i should do?... or tell me whether it would be ok to use the G4 OS 9 install discs?...
Thanks in advance...
M

Hi, Michael -
I just have an overwhelming feeling that i can't do it without the install discs....
Correct.
All OS 9 downloads are updates only; none of them are full install versions. The last OS version available for download as a full install is OS 7.5.3.
Using your G4 CDs is not a good idea - most OS Install CDs that shipped with a machine are model-specific. Some can do a universal install of the OS, but the main problem is getting the machine to boot to the CD - if the OS on the CD is hardware-specific, it isn't capable of booting a different model.
If you can get it to boot to the CD, and the installer to run, you'll find the instructions on how to do a universal install of OS 9 at the top of this webpage -
Ron Jackle's Home Page
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If the CD won't boot the G3, then you will need to acquire a retail OS 9 Install CD in some version, then apply download updates as needed to bring it to OS 9.2.2. Since you want the machine to end up at OS 9.2.2, it would probably be best to acquire a retail OS 9.2.1 Install CD (that's the most recent retail Os 9 Install CD); you would then need to apply only one download update, the one for OS 9.2.2.
You can often get retail OS 9 Install CD's at sites like these -
http://store.yahoo.com/hardcoremac/index.html - Apple Reseller
http://www.applerescue.com/
EBay is another possibility.
Regardless of the source, be sure to get a retail OS 9 Install CD - those are white, with a large gold 9 on them; the retail OS 9 Install CD's have a universal installer; model-specific Install CD's do not.
In case you need the updaters -
Article #75103 - Mac OS 9.1 - Download and Info
Article #120030 - Mac OS 9.2.1 - Download and Info
Article #75186 - Mac OS 9.2.2 - Download and Info

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