Installing OS X 10.5 on a PowerMac mirror-front tower

Hello
My friend asked if I could please help him resurrect his old mirror-front PowerMac. It's the silver rounded one with dual optical drives and the mirror drive bays in front. A dual 1.2GHz (or something close to that).
Will 10.5 install on this? I had one install left on my old family pack for my 10.5 disc, and the disc is telling me that there's a BSD error of some sort.
How can I install 10.5 on this thing?
Thanks,
-----------S

The only 10.5 that will install on that machine is the retail 10.5. The disc must look like * and not say Upgrade, DropIn, or OEM. Before upgrading the machine to 10.5, realize that Classic will be gone. If you have a model with no Firewire 800, you will still be able to boot into Mac OS 9. There is no Boot Camp support for that machine at all. If your desire is to run Windows, see my FAQ*:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html#WINTEL
You do have other options for Classic here:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html#CLASSIC
Make sure all your software supports 10.5 before upgrading:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html#NATIVE
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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