NetBoot works, NetInstall doesn't

I am new to this forum and I have not been able to find an answer to this issue. If I missed it then I apologize.
I have a Mac OS X Server (10.4.11) to which I connect my MacBook Pro (10.5.2) to via Firewire. I create a disk image using the Disk Utility that I then store to the server.
From there I use the System Image Utility to create a NetBoot image and share it via the server. The MacBook sees the image on the network and boots and runs from it as expected.
When using the same original image created via the Disk Utility to create a NetInstall image using the System Image Utility, the program thinks about it for a LONG time and finally gives up saying that the image could not be produced.
The resulting log looks like this-
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2008-02-21 14:19:14 -0600 Initiating user authentication
2008-02-21 14:19:17 -0600 Starting image creation
created:
2008-02-21 14:21:27 -0600 /Volumes/Secondary HD/Library/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/Image_202211418.nbi/NetInstall Test Image.dmg
2008-02-21 14:21:30 -0600 /dev/disk3 GUIDpartitionscheme
/dev/disk3s1 EFI
/dev/disk3s2 Apple_HFS /private/tmp/mnt
2008-02-21 14:21:30 -0600 Disk image mounted
2008-02-21 14:21:44 -0600 installer: Error the package path specified was invalid: '/private/tmp/niu/SIUExtras.pkg'.
/Volumes/Secondary HD/Library/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/Image_202211418.nbi/mnt/System/Library/Extensions /AppleACPIPlatform.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleACPIPlatform doesn't contain code for the architecture specified; skipping the kext that contains it
/Volumes/Secondary HD/Library/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/Image_202211418.nbi/mnt/System/Library/Extensions /AppleACPIPlatform.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleACPIButtons.kext/Contents/MacOS/Ap pleACPIButtons doesn't contain code for the architecture specified; skipping the kext that contains it
/Volumes/Secondary HD/Library/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/Image_202211418.nbi/mnt/System/Library/Extensions /AppleACPIPlatform.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleACPIEC.kext/Contents/MacOS/AppleAC PIEC doesn't contain code for the architecture specified; skipping the kext that contains it
< there are several pages of this particular type of error message >
kernel extension /Volumes/Secondary HD/Library/NetBoot/NetBootSP0/Image_202211418.nbi/mnt/System/Library/Extensions /IOVideoFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/IOVideoDeviceUserClient.kext is not valid; skipping it and any plugins
2008-02-21 14:34:05 -0600 "disk2" unmounted.
"disk2" ejected.
2008-02-21 14:34:06 -0600 Unmounting image...
2008-02-21 14:34:06 -0600 Error creating Image. This image is not usable
Log saved in the user's home folder as /Users/timlewallen/Library/Logs/SystemImageUtility(2008-02-21 14:34).log
2008-02-21 14:34:07 -0600
Click New Install or New Boot button in the toolbar to create another image
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Any tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Tim

Hi
Actually this is not strictly true. Provided the Server (or Client) version is 10.4.11, you can install Leopard 10.5 Admin Tools and use SIU to create Netboot images for both Leopard and Tiger and host them on a 10.4 Server. I've tried this at one site and it works well.
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