Help cant not install mac os x on new 20 gig hard drive

Yea it keeps telling me that i cant install mac os x 10.4.4
on the new hard drive
does the hard drive have to be bigger
i think it might be that it is not the original software restoration disk that cam with the ibook.
if that is the case is there any way around it

More than likely that disc is not compatible with that Mac. You need a retail version of Tiger or that iBook's original restore discs.

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Hello, I just bought a Snow Leopard and I have tried ti install this on my macbook pro 2008 (10.5.8) and I can not do it. I have to erase the hard drive before in order to succeed. Please tell me step by step what to do. I appreciate very much your help.

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