Strange problem installing 10.3 on G3 iMac

I just upgraded the hard drive in my G3 iMac (333 MHz, 512 RAM, 40 GB). I partitioned the hard drive and successfully got through the CD 1. At the end, it says to restart the machine, which I do. It then boots off the CD and wants to start the installation over, not continue to CD 2. If I start to reinstall, I can see that only 5.7 of the 7GB partition is available, so it definitely installed something. And the installer sees that OS X is on there, since it offers to "upgrade" the OS, rather than install it. However, if I restart the computer with the HD selected as the startup disk, nothing happens. Sounds like I'm in an ugly loop. Anyone experience this?
Thanks, Josh

Hi Josh!
I think you must partition the disc, and create a first partition, that is slightly less than 8 GB, to install OS X on.
More info here OS X Must Be Installed On First -8GB Partition.
ali b

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