Remote Leopard Server Install Issues

Hello,
I'm hoping someone can help me figure out an odd issue regarding a remote install of Leopard Server. These are the specifics:
- I have a MBP client machine running Leopard with the server admin tools installed.
- I want to install Leopard Server on a Mac Pro I have which has the Leopard Server DVD in its optical drive and is on the network under the same subnet.
I've been following the instructions on how to perform a remote install in the Mac OS X Server Essentials Second Edition book (the one endorsed by Apple for server certification) and the process they detail is not correct for me. Here's what I'm doing:
1. Boot the Mac Pro from the Leopard Server DVD. It is currently at the initial setup screen where I choose what language I want to use.
2. I launch Server Assistant from the Server folder under \Applications on my client machine.
3. I choose the "Install Mac OS X Server on a remote computer" radio button and click on Continue.
4. The applications finds my server in a ready state for installation: http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8906/screencapturen.jpg - I select my server and click on Continue.
5. I enter the first 8 digits of my server's serial number to authenticate and click on OK.
6. I choose English as my install language.
7. I click on Continue through all the agreements for the license.
8. I select the local disk to perform the install (it's cleanly formatted) and click on Continue: http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/3852/screencapture1x.jpg
9. The Server Assistant begins "installing" Mac OS X Server to my machine.
10. After about 10 seconds, it restarts the remote Mac Pro computer: http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2707/screencapture2.jpg
11. My remote Mac Pro restarts. If I attempt to boot from the hard drive, I get a question mark inside a folder. If I boot into the DVD I'm back to step 1.
12. Mac OS X Server Assistant proudly proclaims "Software from the Mac OS X Server installation disc has been installed on "My Server": http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/305/screencapture3.jpg
At this point I'm back to the beginning. Am I doing something wrong?? Is this application just being r e t a r d e d?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks guys

You will definitely need the assitance of the AAA administrator, troubleshooting on the AAA client side shows only a fraction of what is going on.
Ask her or him to do the following:
The most important and also easiest thing is to check the "failed attempt" log and look if there is any entry at all for your ASA.
If there is an entry it should be self-explaining like "unknown NAS" or "tacacs key mismatch" - being convinced about a correct config and verifying it is two different things.
I have seen weird things like entering a key on a AAA server via a remote desktop and the keyboard settings were mismatched: english/german resulting in swapped letters "Y" and "Z" - never trust your config until you verified it.
If there is no entry at all then it could be a device on the path which is dropping tcp/49 but permitting ping/traceroute or some device is translating the address of the ASA (well in that case you should see an "unknown NAS" in the failed attempts).
Do you have the possibility to connect a device to the inside network of the ASA like a notebook? If so, try to telnet to tcp/49 of the AAA server, you should see right away, whether tcp/49 is permitted (get a blank screen immediately=connectivity, timeout=no connectivity)
That's all you can do from your side, sadly tha ASA doesn't have a telnet client.
Rgds,
MiKa

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