Mac freezing when using install DVD Leopard

Hi ALL,
I was rebooting my Mac whit the original install DVD OSX LEOPARD 10.5x
I liked to run repair permissions from it because I think that I have some problems running the system.
BUT, after I reboot and holding down the C-key, select the language, choose from the menu bar "Disc-utilities and select "Repair Permissions" the progress bar started moving.
After a while nothing happens any more ... the mouse is still moving, but can't select anything in the Menu Bar or quit the process.
I hat to shutdown my Mac by pressing the power button.
Can any one tell me why ... it happens, or what should I do ?
Dimaxum

Hi D:
From what I have read, permission repair is best run from the internal HD as all the latest OS X updates are applied.
Incidentally, permission repair under OS X 10.5 takes forever. I now run OS X 10.6 and the tims have improved significantly.
In any event, you will get differing opinions, but running permission repair is, IMHO, a waste of time. I admit I do it after software updates, but that is a "hangover" from the old days when permission repair was like a +"magic bullet."+
Barry

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