Upgrading from 10.1 to Tiger. Best way to keep OS9 and delete 10.1 after

I have just bought Tiger to upgrade my current g4 10.1.3 set up. I'd like to do an erase and intall on the disk ( I understand that you can't upgrade 10.1 to 10.4 anyway), and I would also like to have OS9 installed on my machine.
My software restore CDs are my only copy of 9.2.2, which I am warned will erase my drive when used.
Should I use these disks first to perform an erase and fresh install of OS9, then install Tiger afterwards ?
If so, what would be the correct way to remove the restored 10.1 system after installing Tiger ?
Is there another way to re- install OS9 after installing Tiger without erasing the disk ?
any help very much appreciated
Simo Bogdanovic

Hello Simo.
Perform an Erase & Install with the Tiger retail install package and afterwards, you can install OS 9.2.2 from your restore CDs. Using the restore CDs to re-install 9.2.2 after installing Tiger will not erase the hard drive unless you erase the drive using Disk Utility from the restore CD.
Check Mac OS X: Reinstalling Mac OS 9 or recovering from a software restore selecting Installation of Mac OS 9 after Mac OS X for instructions.

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