Difficulty updating iMac 5,1 (Core 2 Duo, 10.6.0)

I'm trying to update my iMac to 10.6.4 or 10.6.5 to get support for the Magic Trackpad.
It's a Core 2 Duo model "5,1" with 160GB of free disk space, and running Snow Leopard 10.6.0.
Software update shows nothing, which is weird in itself.
I've also tried installing all of these, and they all fail at the stage where you select the disk. They all say "Mac OS X Update Combined" can't be installed on this disk. This volume does not meet the requirements for this update."
1. 10.6.5 Combo
2. 10.6.4 Combo
3. 10.6.1 delta update
I used the links in this wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacOS_X_Snow_Leopard#Releasehistory

If you go to the Apple menu and select About this Mac, click on the version number and it will give a build. Post what the build number is.

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