Tiger won't install on G4 Gigabit Ethernet

I have a Gigabit Ethernet with standard features (1 cpu, 450mHz, factory CD/DVD drive) and have had a single 80 gb drive in the machine. I have added two Western Digital ATA 160 gb drives and a Sonnet ATA-133 card, whose firmware I upgraded to 4.5 to be able to access all of the 160 gb drive.
I previously had installed a retail copy of Tiger (CDs, not DVDs) onto the original 80 gb drive and wanted to install the OS fresh on one of the new 160s. Every time I go through the installation, the installer finishes up without asking for the second (or third or fourth) CD. The resulting installation will not boot, though Startup Disk from the installer CD says that there is a valid system there.
I guess I could put the original 80 gb disk back in on the second ATA plug in the Sonnet card and run Carbon Copy Cloner, but I'd really prefer a brand new, fresh system installation.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.
\dmc

Well, that got us the answer, but not directly.
The Western Digital drives have a jumper setting called "cable select," which is the configuration in which they are delivered. I hadn't bothered to change them.
Which wasn't a problem, just that I hadn't RTFM and thought the gray connector was master and black was slave. Ooops. I had been trying to put the OS on the slave.
Once I re-partitioned the drives correctly and tried to put the OS on the master, all was well.
Thanks.
\dmc

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