Problems upgrading iBook to 10.3

I recently received a "Tangerine" iBook 300 mhz, 3GB HD, etc (upgraded to 288MB RAM), that I am trying to tune-up and return to service. It was running OS 9.2 fine when I got it. I have a set of 10.3 install CD's so I thought I'd just pop those in and I'd be good to go.
Well I erased the HD with another disk and when I put the 10.3 install disc in, it won't load that CD, basically it just stutters and starts and clicks and rev's up a little but it never really goes anywhere. I am noticing that it seems to have trouble loading some CD's but not others. I am not sure if it is having a hard time reading them or perhaps it is reading the install CD and trying to execute the instructions but failing.
Anyway, I am feeling kind of stuck right now. I have some hardware to work with that might help: my 2.4 Ghz MacBook (BlackBook) running 10.5.5, my wife's 1.83 Ghz Macbook running 10.4.11, my old iMac G4 running 10.3.9, a USB/FireWire external hard drive, and a couple jump drives with up to 8GB capacity. Maybe I could use my iMac to load 10.3 onto my external hard drive and then plug it into the iBook? Or maybe buying a new 20-30GB HD for the iBook, but putting it in an external case first, loading the OS on it via the iMac and then putting that new HD into the iBook? Can I load an OS on a jump drive and use that? Any other ideas?
I am also having trouble with the battery. Basically, if the power cord is not plugged in it does not work. I am not sure if the battery is shot or the power system that would get energy from the battery is shot. Any thoughts?

Neo Office was unbearably slow on my iMac G5. On a G3 it is likely to be unusable. You will have better luck with Appleworks 6 which runs in version 6.2.9 on Mac OS X natively. I'm not sure which version of Appleworks came with your iBook, but if it is version 6 or later, you can upgrade that first, and then you won't have to use Classic. Safari is not as likely to be as usable as Firefox. You can't really run Mac OS X with less than 1 GB of hard disk space free. You can upgrade the hard drive to at most 120 GB and it has to be Parallel ATA/EIDE and not SATA, and it has to be a 2.5" drive. The battery is best to be replaced by one from http://www.macsales.com/ if they have one or one of the vendors that sells used Mac parts*:
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