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Hello. I know the answer to the first part of this question. I have a 1st gen MacBook Pro (1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo), with 10.4.11 on it. I just last week upgraded the internal HD to one with a larger capacity. Went to install Leopard, and guess what? It says it cannot install on this Mac. I check this on the KB, find out it's probably because it is not the original optical disk inside anymore. Joy.
OK, my question is this: At the time I had the HD upgraded, I had the original HD taken out and installed in a housing to make it a USB external drive. Can I somehow install Leopard on that drive, then clone it back over to the one in my MBP? Using Carbon Copy Clone on something similar? Please advise.

OK, I guess I didn't list the problem as clearly as I should have...
I have the Leopard CD in the CD drive. It sees it fine. I click on the installer, and it starts. I get the screen that asks what language I want, I choose English, then it starts its check of the system, and about ten seconds later, it comes back and says it cannot install on this Mac.
Here's the Install Log:
May 16 11:03:47 localhost Unknown[60]: kern.boottime: { sec = 1210960961, usec = 0 } Fri May 16 11:02:41 2008
May 16 11:03:47 localhost Unknown[64]: Launching the Language Chooser for an OS Install
May 16 11:03:47 localhost Unknown[66]: 2008-05-16 11:03:47.954 LCA[65:10b] _CFGetHostUUIDString: unable to determine UUID for host. Error: 35
May 16 11:04:11 localhost configd[41]: InterfaceNamer: setting platform UUID = 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CB88F33A
May 16 11:04:14 localhost LCA[65]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (asav) while running as uid 0
May 16 11:04:15 localhost LCA[65]: Found primary language hint "en"
May 16 11:04:20 Macintosh-0016CB88F33A configd[41]: hostname (reverse DNS query) = Macintosh-0016CB88F33A.local
May 16 11:04:20 Macintosh-0016CB88F33A configd[41]: setting hostname to "Macintosh-0016CB88F33A.local"
May 16 11:04:24 Macintosh-0016CB88F33A configd[41]: NetBIOS name (default) = MAC0016CB88F33A
May 16 11:04:27 localhost configd[41]: setting hostname to "localhost"
May 16 11:04:32 localhost configd[41]: NetBIOS name (default) = MAC0016CB88F33A
May 16 11:07:21 localhost LCA[65]: Launching the Installer using language code "English"
May 16 11:07:21 localhost /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer[149]: vm_allocate: 0, 0x200e2000 - 0x400e2000
May 16 11:07:21 localhost /System/Installation/CDIS/Mac OS X Installer.app/Contents/MacOS/Mac OS X Installer[149]: vm_protect: 0
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Mac OS X Installer application started
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: 1 display(s) found.
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Display[1] is using OpenGL acceleration.
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: @(#)PROGRAM:Install PROJECT:Install-374
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: @(#)PROGRAM:Mac OS X Installer PROJECT:OSInstaller-88.1
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Hardware: MacBookPro1,1 @ 1.83 GHz (x 2), 2048 MB RAM
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Running OS Build: Mac OS X 10.5 (9A3129)
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Env: DYLDNO_FIXPREBINDING=1
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Env: PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Env: PWD=/
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Env: SHLVL=1
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Env: OS_INSTALL=1
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Env: _=/System/Installation/CDIS/LCA.app/Contents/MacOS/LCA
May 16 11:07:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Opening OSInstall package '/System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg'.
May 16 11:07:22 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Installation checks failed.
May 16 11:07:22 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Installation check failures: This software cannot be installed on this computer.
May 16 11:07:23 localhost OSInstaller[149]: Folder Manager is being asked to create a folder (asav) while running as uid 0
May 16 11:08:18 localhost Unknown[66]: 2008-05-16 11:08 Mac OS X Installer[149] (CarbonCore.framework) FSEventStreamStart: ERROR: FSEvents_connect() => Unknown service name (1102)
May 16 11:08:21 localhost OSInstaller[149]: installAutoFSMonitor: open failed
May 16 11:08:23 localhost OSInstaller[149]: TaskLauncher::Launch Failed
Then, before I quit the installer, I choose the external drive as my startup. It restarts, I launch the installer again, it asks to restart the Mac. OK, I figure since I have the external drive now selected, it will boot that and start the install. It doesn't. It seems like the install CD doesn't want to kick in on the external drive.
Looking at the log above, any ideas? Thanks for all the help here! If all I wanted was to use the external USB drive to boot, it does that, so it is a bootable drive.

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