NEW INSTALL OF LEOPARD ON eMac G4 800

eMac G4 800, 800MHz, 256 MB RAM, 1.0 GB Memory, 60 GB HD
HD zeroed, starting from fresh; had previously installed successfully from Panther, vets 10.4.9, using Leopard Assist.
Tried many times now using Leopard Assist to adjust the clock speed in Open Firmware, but after it has started to install, I get the "Cannot install on this computer" message. Or the flashing ? mark/Mac icon. I tried installing Jaguar / 10.2 but I could not "see" the Leopard disc in the finder. I could not restart from the disc in the optical drive (holding "C" down).
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Novice, 68 years.

According to specs:
Maximum OS
Mac OS X 10.4.11 (800 MHz) Mac OS X 10.5.8 (1.0 GHz)
So, you need a Tiger installer disc.

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I have created a new partition on the Mac HD for Lion as I would like to dual boot. Do I need to install Snow Leopard on that partition before installing Lion? If so, can I use one of my Time Machine backups to do this?

zoominnana wrote:
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I need help please. I have a 2009 MacBook Pro. The hard drive crashed a while back so I bought a new one. The original Snow Leopard disc that came with it was scratched so I bought a new one of it as well. After trying/failing to install Snow Leopard on the new hard drive about a dozen times I bought a new optical drive as well. I installed the new optical drive today, tried to install Snow Leopard again and STILL got the same installation error messages. Any help that anyone might be able to provide would be greatly appreciated.
Last error message:
Install failed: The Installer could not copy the necessary support files.

Did you partition and format the new drive first?
Drive Partition and Format
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2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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I am hopeless! Try as I might I can never get my external hard drive to be my startup drive. In summary,
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