Installation of Leo on PowerBook from my MacBook Pro does not work

Hi there
I just wanted to upgrade my old PowerBook with Leo 10.5.
Since the CD Drive is defect I just installed it over Firewire from my MacBook Pro.
I did a complete new install to clean up everything.
The installation worked fine, and I can also start the system from my MB Pro.
However, I am not able to manage that my PowerBook starts on its own.
It shows always that the OS is not found (Mac&? symbol blinking).
What do I have to do? Did already the Software upgrade and hoped that it may be a simple firmware upgrade needed...but it still does not work.
Does anyone know this problem? Help is appreciated. Thanks.

If you have the Leopard Family Pack, it will work on both Intel and PPC computers. However, a Leopard DVD that is shipped with a computer will only work on that computer.
You can install on the PB using the MacBook's DVD drive via FireWire, but not the way you tried. You were running the installation on the MacBook. It saw the PB's drive as just an external FireWire drive on the MacBook, so it set it up as another bootable drive for the MacBook, with a GUID partition table. The PB cannot boot from such a drive. It needs a drive with APM (Apple Partition Map). A MacBook can format a drive with APM, but can't install OSX on it.
You have to use FireWire Target Disk mode in the opposite direction. Put the Leopard install DVD (the black retail one, not one that came with the MacBook) in the MacBook's DVD drive and boot the MacBook into target Disk Mode (hold down "T" while booting). Connect the PB to the MacBook with a FireWire cable,and boot the PB while holding down Option. When the arrow pointer appears, select the DVD and boot from it (click the large, right-pointing arrow). After choosing the language, select Disk Utility from the "Utilities" menu. Select the PB's hard drive (all the way at the left, not the volume indented below it) and select the "Partition" tab. Set "Volume Scheme" to "1 Partition" and click the "Options" button. Choose "Apple Partition Map" and click "OK". Set the volume name and do the partitioning. Quit Disk Utility and continue with the installation. When it asks you to restart, it means the PB, not the MacBook (which is just acting as an external DVD drive).

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