Many, many moons ago Apple taught us

OS 9.0.x --> 9.1 --> 9.2.1 --> 9.2.2. Any other upgrade path and you are toast.

Retail versions - SEE THE BRIGHT ORANGE 9 ON THE CD - work best. Gray, machine-specific OS 9.x.x CDs are not "universal". Read the label.

This all works optimally with original media. You know what you have. Burnt offerings are, at best, unpredictable - you get maybe what others (skill level unknown, machine undefined, sobriety questionable) say they made to work. 

FWIW

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