Installing FCP 4 to Mac OS X 10.3.5

I have FCP 4 (which I had installed previously to Mac OS X 10.1.5). When I upgraded to OS X 10.3.5, I first erased and restarted my hard drive. I then re-installed all of my software. FCP 4 is the only one giving me problems. When it gets to the point in the installation process of choosing a hard drive to install to, the red exclamation point appears over all hard drives, and then the installation process automatically discontinues. Is anyone aware of this problem in regard to FCP 4 and OS X 10.3.5?

Bernard,
I downloaded the 10.3.9 update from the apple site and...the installation of this update has the same problem the FCP 4 was having. Although, this time it is giving me an actual error message of , "This volume does not meet the system requirements for this update." (The FCP 4 install was giving me no error message. It would just kick out of the installation at this point). I don't get it because, as far as I can tell, I meet the system requirements for both.
-Eric

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