Well then,
if you choose to… you might want to start from scratch and boot your OS 9.2.2 installer AND THEN dual-partition your HD in two equal partitions using either Drive Setup 1.9.2 OR Drive Setup 2.1 (sometimes both are located in the “Apple Extras” folder under “Applications” folder on the 9.2.2 installer disk). Then with either of them open, look for “Custom Setup” after choosing your HD and clicking initialize… which is then where / when you’ll then define the partitions before actually initializing and partitioning the HD. THEN install OS 9.2.2 and set it up after a reboot… AND THEN shut down and go on to reboot to then install OS 10.4 on the second partition.
The object here is to segregate OS 9 and OS X on two different partitions, along with whatever apps, games or other software that belongs to each OS specifically, so that they
do not mix.
The problems you were having were most likely because you were running OS 9 in “Classic” mode under OS 10.4. or you were simply having conflicts between the two. With the above outlined approach, if you want to run something under OS 9, you boot into OS 9 and you’ll find that it performs much better this way.
AND whatever you do, if you attempt to open something under 10.4 and “Classic” begins to start up… cancel it. In fact, under System Preferences in 10.4 - click on “Classic” and check “Warn before starting Classic”.You’ll find numerous references ‘round here warning against sharing files and apps between two operating systems
especially on the same “partition” - as it leads to file corruption and nefarious B-Tree errors. Not to mention huge overall performance slow down.
When Apple first introduced OS X, they insisted that it was okay to install it right alongside / on top of... OS 9 on the same un-partitioned HD. Ask around here as to how many countless hours some of us lost initially as a result of all the crashes, freezes and file corruption from that initial, non-wonderful directive.
Sure, the above dual-partition approach will take some time for you to complete (again) but will save you time and headaches, until you understand and get the hang of it.
Have fun.
*I like Drive Setup 2.1 / but 1.9.2 works too. Depends on which 9.2.2 installer you downloaded, as to whether or not both are present. I use 1.9.2 to format external FireWire drives.