Can't install Leopard on SR Macbook 2.2

I've got a late 2007 2.2 GHz MacBook that I can't get Leopard installed onto. I tried the retail disc but got the error "cannot be installed on this computer". I don't have the original discs so I went online and bought a set (10.5.2) from the latest MacBooks and they won't install either. I figured since the retail v. was released before the MacBook it wouldn't work, but the new set is from a later model. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Because the MacBook had one more release after your 2.2 with the Penryn processors. Every nonretail install disc is system specific. Release dates on all Intel Macs for system specific discs are here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303315
Yes, you have to call the original owner for the discs.
Retail install discs will only work on older Macs than the discs themselves.
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