I am trying to install OSX and I get "could not find installation information for this machine" what do it do?

Trying to install OSX and i get "could not find installation information for this machine" what do i do?

someone will be by to edit, in the meantime, NEVER post your serial number.
They wanted you to go to the Hardware section of System Profile and the part that looks like
MACBOOK PRO N,1
Anyone here has Mac Pro of 1,1 thru 6,1
http://www.everymac.com is a good place to look at model specs and history of that model, max RAM and other features.

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