Re-installing original OS on G3

My old iBook (c2001)came with OS 9 and the original OS X (10.1). At one stage I upgraded it to OS X (10.3)with a disc from my iMac. Didn't cope with the upgrade too well (a bit slow) and I'm now also thinking of passing the machine on.
I'd like to re-install the original software (still have all the discs), partly because it works better on that machine and partly because I want to get rid of all my personal info. Thought I just had to boot up from the CD holding the C key down but it's not working - machine just hangs.
Any ideas?
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Thanks for your reply.
Are you able to start up from the Apple Hardware Test
CD and run the extended test to check out the
hardware?
Yes, I tried that and it said everything was fine. I could also start up from the original OS 9 disk but not from the OS X - I think it's probably because of the newer version being already on the machine?
Is there a way of scrubbing the hard drive completely? I can't do it with Disk Utility because the OS is on the disk.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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