Erased Hard Drive now what?

Ok so I sold my Macbook intel running latest version of Leopard. I put in the original Leopard DVD and rebooted using the "C" key. I selected my hard drive and erased it with a one pass option. Now with the Install DVD still in I reboot and get the Mac OS X language selection screen. I select "Use English for the Main Language." and hit the arrow. I then get the following error message " Mac OS X cannot be installed on the computer" For Mac OS X System requirements .....
help what do i do?

When you want to post a topic, first go to the particular Discussion. In this case that would be Using Mac OS X Leopard, here is the link: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1225
On the left side you will see: *Post New Topic* Click there then fill out the Subject line, then compose your post, then click Post Message. That's all there is to it.
Also a good idea to read the Apple Discussions Terms of Use before posting here.
http://discussions.apple.com/help.jspa
As to your external drive issue... *"Tiger was able to see the drive but Leopard just does not see it and I have no idea how to have this drive mounted correctly under the new OS."* Try repairing disk permissions. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select FirstAid, then click: Repair Disk Permissions. Quit DU when it's finished and reboot.
Carolyn

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