Photoshop CS2 on OSX Server 10.4.8 or an OSX 10.4.7 partition?

Hi Gang,
We are trying to use our Xserver running OSX Server 10.4.8 as a central processing center for some of our photo workflow. Our workflow uses some scripts which trigger Photoshop actions. For this to work, it must have access to an OS with an install of CS2.
I seem to have two options. The first is easy. I connect a client running CS2 to the server and use this client as a processing hub for the scripts. I don't like this solution because it will increase network traffic and tie up one of our clients regularly.
A second option would be to run CS2 on the server, either in the OSX Server environment, or to create a partition on the server that runs OSX and has CS2 installed. I don't know whether either of these arrangements is possible.
Has anyone tried to run CS2 on OSX server 10.4.8? I know Adobe doesn't support it, but doesn't mean it won't work. Alternatively, has anyone created a partition on their server that runs OSX 10.4.7?
Any experience greatly appreciated.

Please don't say that CS2 doesn't work under Rosetta, when it does. There are performance issues, and for those who use CS2 for large, system intensive purposes have good reason to not want to upgrade to Intel, but that doesn't mean CS2 won't work.
I haven't experienced the install problem personally, but googling "cs2""intel""mac" yields this article:
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060524084530919
To summarize, it may be an issue with either Quicktime 7.1 or Adobe Version Cue.
Good luck.

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