Need help installing leopard on 1Ghz power pc g4

Hi,
I see several threads on the topic of Imac G4s and Leopard. I tried installing Leopard from the family pack I bought from Amazon.com. It appears that I don't have enough memory (256 MB vs the necessary 512). It does appear that my processor speed (1Ghz0 is sufficient).
could this be as simple as buying a memory upgrade or is leopard beyond my humble little Imac's ability?
thank you in advance

I had an iMac G4 with 512Mbs installed. I bought a 1Gb SODIMM card from a computer store called Micro Center for $67. I removed the plate off the bottom of my iMac, removed the 256Mb of memory in the slot, and then installed the 1Gb memory card. (The first 256Mb of memory is not accessible to you and I because its buried deep in the machine.)
I reinstalled the cover, connected the cables, restarted, and immediately the machine came online with 1.2Mbs of memory. Its running very well.
I recommend you do either an "archive and install" or an "erase and install". It appears there are problems with overlaying Leopard on top of Tiger as an "upgrade" installation. I also recommend you download the 10.5.1 to your disk and install from your disk rather than Software Update.

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