ITunes 7.5 and old iPOD? iPOD will not update to 1.5 and no longer syncs

Hi,
I'm new to updating Macs, and I think i may have installed something that won't work with old stuff. I have the following:
A PowerBook G4 (2002) just updated to Leopard (never had any updates before!)
A touchwheel 10 GB iPOD (2nd gen) never updated (version 1.2.1)
iTunes 7.5. (was version 3 until today)
Until yesterday, on my (then) 10.2 MAC OS X running iTunes 3, I had no problems. Today I upgraded the MAC to 10.5 and iTunes to 7.5. iTunes keeps telling me to update my iPOD to 1.5 (which appears to be the right version for this iPOD). But when I click on "install" I get the following: "The iPod..could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (1462)."
When I try to sync the iPOD with CDs I imported today (after all updates) I get the following: "Some of the items in the iTunes library including...were not copied to the iPod...because they cannot be played on this iPod. This now includes 100 songs.
So, I'm guessing that iTunes 7.5 doesn't work with an iPod this old?? Can I remove it and put an older version on, if my assumption is correct? If so, how, and what version of iTunes do I need, and where can I get it?
If my assumption is wrong, then what is going on?? I can't aford to buy a new iPOD and I don't want to not be able to update it (besides, it;s only half full). Please bear in mind with any suggestions, that although I'm pretty good on PCs, I'm a real novice with Macs and iTunes.
thanks,
Gheera

OK, answering my own question now. First, of course the difference was that the old iPOD software (1.2.1) presumably couldn't handle .m4a files (newer iTunes).
Second, tried updating the iPod by connecting to a 10.4 Mac with 7.4 iTunes. Several times got exactly the same probelm as described, but then suddenly one time it appeared to move forward to the next stage. I was so surprised I assumed I'd actually told it to update iTunes by mistake, so I cancelled. Then the same failure to update happened about 10 more times. But having seen it start once, I jst kept trying. Eventually, it kicked off properly again, and this time I ran the update. Now the iPod is 1.5 and it will sync with the newer songs, ripped by the 7.5 iTunes. So the moral is, keep trying, it gives up to easily and now and then you can sneak through, without doing anything different. Frustrating, and weird, but at least sorted.
Gheera

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