Installing OS X on iBook using Macbook Pro disks

Is this possible? I've lost my iBook disks and borrowed my friends' disks for his Pro. When I click to reinstall, it loads from disk but a kernal error comes up, "We are hanging here..."
Is it not possible for me to reinstall using his disks? If not, why?

Hi
No its not possible - think about it?
Grey Installer disks are hardware specific. A MacBook Pro in terms of hardware is completely different to an iBook. Different CPU, different board components, different graphics card. Besides if the version of the OS is 10.5 for the MBP then it's more than possible that the iBook may be a model that does not qualify Leopard's minimum requirements.
Tony

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