Trying to Upgrade Processor, Cannot boot in OS 9 to upgrade firmware

I have a Power Mac G4(Sawtooth), 450 Mhz, 1.25 GB Memorym running Tiger 10.4.11.
I just purchased a Sonnet Encore/ST G4 1.8 Ghz processor upgrade. Before you can install the new processor you must reboot in OS 9.2 to upgrade the firmware. I have the OS 9 drivers installed as well as OS 9.2.2 on my hard drive. When I try to restart in OS 9.2.2 via the Startup disk, I get the blinking question mark. If I put in the original PowerMac G4 (System 9.0.4) that came with the computer it starts to run then says "System error - Unimplemented Trap, restart with extensions turned off." When I reboot, holding shift it reads "extensions off" but I still get the system-trap error. If I reboot directly from the OS 9 CD, it will not recognize my hard drive in Disk SetUp to try and reinstall System 9. I'm at a loss as to how I can upgrade the System 9 firmware!? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
(I did put in a new 320 GB hard drive (Western Digital Caviar) and a SIIG-680-R1 PCI card a few years back and remember I had a frustrating time trying to get OS 9 on the drive. I think I may have copied a clone of a system 9 folder onto it just to get it recognized.)

I got my MDD with no drives and installed two 250GB WD Caviers. Set both to cable select and had no troubles at all. Earlier G4s (covered in other forum areas) require the master/slave scheme for hard drives but not the MDD.
My son (also has an MDD) needed to move more files than could be accommodated via the home network, so he dropped an old 20G drive in a front drive bay set to cable select and had everything moved in short order. Unless your G4 is NOT an MDD, cable select should work.
When you have multiple drives installed, Disk Utility lets you select them individually for formatting; it should not affect your existing drive if you add and format an additional drive.
I think that's what you're asking.

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