Os 9 classic install loops

I bought an Ebay imac g4 "lampshade" running OS 10.4.11 minus OS 9.
Attempting installation from an OS 9 CD two icons appear in the dock: "Classic Startup", and "Install Language Kits".
They hop for a while until this message appears:
"Classic cannot find a Mac OS9 system folder on the startup disk to use.
You may need to install Mac OS 9.1. For more info click on Help."
Help says to double-click the Mac OS 9 installer and follow onscreen instructions. Of course this leads back to the loop....
The dock icons settle down. They don't disappear until you quit installation.
"Install Language Kits" was found in the HD's unused Mac OS 9 applications folder. Clicking on it produces the same loop......
How do you escape this loop?
My OS 9 CD installs version 9.0; maybe v.9.1 is necessary? But v.9.0 must be installed first......I know v.9.2 is best.
On the OS 9 CD there's a "System Folder" Is this identical to what the installer would create? I.e. is it possible to just drag/drop it to the machine's HD, and would this serve as the required OS 9 folder? Doesn't an OS installer send items like Extensions all over the place?

Only the two iMac G4 models introduced in 2002 are OS 9 bootable (all later iMac G4 models are not OS 9 bootable), and they need the model-specific version of OS 9.2.2 which came on their original disks for that purpose.
They can not install any earlier version of OS 9. Reason - all earlier versions come on stand-alone Install CDs, and the installers on those CDs will work only when the machine is booted to OS 9, typically the OS 9 on the install CD itself. Those OS 9 installers will not work in OS X.
Likewise, all OS 9 download updaters will work only when the machine is booted to OS 9.
For use only as Classic, and not as a bootable OS 9, you can copy (via Finder drag and drop) a working (i.e., bootable) OS 9 System Folder from another Mac, and it will usually work as Classic in OS X 10.4. and earlier.
Although the specs for Classic state OS 9.1 or later, OS X seems to not work well with anything earlier than OS 9.2.1. Since you will not be able to update a copied OS 9 System Folder, be sure to copy one of the final version that you need.
The System Folder on an OS 9 Install CD will not work for this purpose. Those System Folders have been highly tweaked, and will not be usable (for booting or as Classic) if copied to another volume.

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aware) I need to install a postscript printer driver
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