Problems with re-installing OS X

Hi,
I have recently had some problems with my iBook G4, it ran very slow and I could hear the Hard Drive constantly spinning. So I think about doing a fresh install of OSX to see if that would solve the problem, so I went to the apple support and saw that it would work if I followed the installation. Everything was working well. in the installation, I erased everything on the hard drive (I did have everything backed up...) and started the installation. (Just let me say here that I have 4 CDs that came with my iBook to install panther and it also came with a dvd to upgrade to tiger [I bought the day they relesed tiger]) on both installation disks once I satrted installing it said "there were errors installing this software please try again" I had tried many times again. and nothing has happened since.
Does anybody think they could give me a hand? it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Try this:
1. Boot from your Panther Installer Disk. After the installer loads select Disk Utility from the Installer menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
7. Once the formatting has completed quit DU to return to the installer. Proceed with the installation of Panther.

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