Installing earlier OS on intel iMac

Hello ,
My intel iMac G5 came pre-installed with Mac 10.5 which I have updated to 10.5.8.
My problem is that I love the pinstripes of the old Puma/Jaguar systems.(Strange I know !!).
My 1st iMac G4 came pre-loaded with Panther so I just missed out on the Jaguar stripes..
I have got a full retail copy of OS X 10.2 and I was wondering if there was any way I could install it on my iMac G5--perhaps on an external hard drive that I could boot into? I want to keep Leopard but would love to have the option of booting into Jaguar.I have been reading up on this and it looks as though you are unable to install an OS earlier than the one that was pre-loaded but I just wondered if anyone knew of some way it could be done.
Thanks for any help you are able to give.

Thanks for the reply Stefan .
I was hoping there may have been some kind of software programme that would let me run Jaguar similar to the one that lets you run Classic on OS X Leopard.
Too bad--I'll have to keep searching for a Jaguar - type theme to mod my Leopard.( I used to have a good one on Os X Panther that was called Janther).
Thanks again Stefan.

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