PowerBook G4 spits out Mac OS 10.5 Leopard Install DVD

I bought Mac OS X Leopard and wanted to install it on my PowerBook G4 however it spits it straight back out of the disc drive. I tried to restart the computer and hold down C - this did not work either. When I test it out on my PowerPC the installation setup folder appears and it works. (I bought the Family Pack). How can I setup my PowerBook G4 so it will except Mac OS X Leopard Install DVD? Do I have to reinstall my original computer operating system, wipe my hard-drive and start again? Why didn't APPLE say there was a problem with PowerBook G4?

There's a few ways you can install Leopard on that powerbook. I'm assuming your powerbook meets the requirements.
If you have a firewire drive handy>on another PPC Mac using Disk Utility, partition the firewire drive or don't your choice>choose in Disk Utility options APM ie Apple Partition Mapping>have the Leopard DVD on the desktop, do not boot from the Leopard DVD disc>use the Disk Utility restore function>select the name of the Leopard disc as the "source" ie drag it to the source window>drag the name of the destination partition to the "destination" window select apply. Once done you can boot into that Leopard "installer" partition and install to your powerbook. This method is much faster than using the optical disc.

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