Powerbook Spitting Leopard Disk Out After Boot, Clicking Noise also!!

Hi, i put the leopard installation disk into my powerbook and it makes this weird clicking noise but still can find the disc. I click on install and reboot my machine and then a grey screen comes up and the dvd drive starts clicking again and then spits the disc out! How can i fix this??
Thanks Sam x

Is the Leopard disk a retail install disk like this:
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or the grey system disk from a newer Mac. A retail disk should read on any DVD drive; a system disk could be dual-layer and the only PowerBooks with a DL Superdrive were the last ones with Machine ID of PowerBook5,8 and 5,9. Also, a system disk for an Intel Mac will not install OSX at all on an older Mac with a PowerPC processor like the PowerBook.

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