I'm not sure what's going on here, moranrt -- we copy all the files we're supposed to, and I can boot OS9 here on OS9 capable machines. This must have something to do with your machine -- I assume it's also an older iMac?
I'll do some more research here and see what I can figure out. I don't have an old iMac around, unfortunately, but there might be something documented in the Apple Tombs
that will help.
Does "Classic" still run on this machine? Do me a favor and please send a OS X "System Profiler" report to the support -at- shirt-pocket -dot- com address, along with any additional information you feel is relevant. That'll help me get a handle on your machine configuration.
Sorry for the difficulty -- hopefully we'll be able to figure this out!