Clean Install Snow Leopard/FCP

Hello,
I just replaced my internal hard drive on my Mac Pro, initialized it, installed Snow Leopard and now am about to install FCP7 upgrade.  Do I need to install FCP6 first and then the FCP7 upgrade??  Any help would be AWESOME!

No, you install FCS 3 only. Early in the installation process, you will be asked to provide your FCS 3 serial. The program will recognize it as an upgrade number and will request your original full install serial number. Enter that, and life is good.
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