How To Install 10.5 On A 1st Gen iMac G5

Hi All
1:40am and I give up and ask for help!
I am trying to install 10.5 on my old iMac G5 but am having massive problems.
I wont bore you all with the history but just descibe the position I now find myslef in and hope someone can help me get this machine up and running.
So, now I know that my machine can't read dual layer disks and that I have to use target mode to my brand new MBP running the latest version of 10.5.
The iMac (please don't ask why) now has a formatted HD with nothing on it.
It will boot into 10.4 on the install DVD OK but I can not find out how to link the two machines and thus use the DVD drive on the MBP to do the install.
I have tried turning the iMac on with the 10.4 DVD in the slot and holding down T but that has no effect ... just boots into the 10.4 installation routine.
I have looked around in the 10.4 Utilities menu to try and find n option to boot into target disk mode but can not see it in startup disk or disk repair. Might be too late at night but ...
Any help with this gratefully received.
Thanks
David

Unless there's something wrong with your hardware the machine should be able to read dual layer disks, but the target mode should work for installation as well.
To boot off the leopard DVD on the iMac, press and hold "C" at bootup with the DVD in the drive, not "T". If this doesnt work (as you mentioned the thing has a hard time reading dual layer DVDs), then do the following to boot off of the DVD in Target Disk mode with the DVD in your MacBook Pro.
With the DVD in the drive, boot the MacBook and hold "T" and it will have the firewire symbol dancing on the screen. Connect the MBP to your iMac using a firewire cable. Then boot up the iMac and hold "options" down until it displays a list of drives that can be booted from. The Leopard DVD in the MacBook should be displayed (so should your MBP hard drive, but dont boot off of this). Select the installer DVD and press go (might be a bit laggy, so be patient), and it should boot into the installer.

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