PowerBook 12" June 2005 won't load Leopard-blue screen of void

After many years using 10.4.11 on my PowerBook G4 12" from June 2005 - I wish to install Leopard (which I've had several months or more now on my newer MacBook May 2006 - intel) - but after the DVD loads Leopard 10.5 - it restarts only to have a blue screen appear for an hour... then I tried a restart, nothing - I mean same blue screen.
I am in the process of reinstalling from the DVD. But I expect the same result...
I did a repair permissions before installing; and repair disk (but it was OK).
Help- what to do here? I really don't want to do a full install as I have lots of programs and such-- I have a full backup via SuperDuper! so can re-install the 10.4.11 if I need to, but prefer not to do that!
Thanks for any assistance.
Steve on 21 Dec 2009

How much RAM is installed in this PB? Are you using a retail Leopard DVD or one with a gray label or from another Mac?
Since you have a backup I would erase the hard drive before installing by selecting the Erase and install option in the installer (select the target volume, click on the Options button, select the Erase and Install option.) When you configure the initial admin account in the Setup Assistant be sure to use the same username you now use. This will avoid permissions problems when you restore your data from the backed up Home folder. To avoid other potential problems reinstall your third-party software. Do not try to copy them from the backup.

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