Clean install with nVidia 8800GT issue

I know that you either need a legacy graphics card or a 10.5.2+ installation DVD/CD to be able to do a clean install. There is a number of workarounds also and I used one of them. I restarted my MacPro in TARGET DISK MODE and connected it via FireWire 400 to my 15" MacBook Pro. I then successfully installed and updated OSX onto one of my MacPro internal drives. So now I have a clean 10.5.4 on my MacPro. But there is one issue/problem. My System Profiler now thinks that I have a MacBook Pro. How can I change that and if this is a problem or not.
TIA!

Little confused over here. Yes it was a clean install. I did not use a CD that came with neither the MacPro (because it would not run on MacBook Pro) nor the one for the MacBook Pro (because it is a Tiger CD). I used a 10.5 Retail DVD. After I installed it, I ran all the updates including hte 10.5.4 update. Only after that I could boot my MacPro using that hard drive. And now, it shows "Alexander's 15" MacBook Pro" in the system profiler. It does seem to show all the components correctly. 16GB RAM on a MacBook Pro? Haha, I wish.

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Does somebody know how to do an clean install with a Leopard upgrade DVD?
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Was wondering if anyone could provide me a step-by-step guide for a clean install with Lion on to a new SSD.
I have already self-made a Mac OS Lion Installation CD - will this self-made CD be the only CD I need for the clean install (or do I need to use the original CDs that came with my MBP purchase) The CDs that came with my MBP was the Mac OS 10.6.8 Snow Leopard (early 2011 model)
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Hey Sam,
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Here's another similar experience -- and my solution.
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Windows XP 64 bit pro clean install with RAID

Can anyone help out???
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I could use all the the advise I can get. Since switching over to the Mac, I have had to retrain my brain on how to do certain installations. I am planning on doing my first reformatting with an Apple and need some advise.
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Here are my questions:
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I do have VMware Fusion. I installed only the latest version of the program, with new s/n licence. The first time I executed Fusion, the program asked me to update the old VMs, that I did.
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