What restore discs for my powerbook g4? aluminium or titanium? how do i no?

Ok ive had great trouble in recovering a 2nd hand 15" apple. its a g4 powerbook and the specs are below,
-ive tried mac osx panther retail (version 10.3.2)
-powerbook restore discs (set of 2) - "mac os version 10.4 / aht version 2.5 / disc version 1.0)
-leopard 10.5 dual layer version
and ive tried all sorts of things like formatting mac journaled extended, and 6 zeros method too.
everytime i get "alert this software cannot be installed on this computer"
Now i have no OS and no clue. Ive spent heaps of money on ebay buying recovery discs that i thought were gonna work with this, but now i have a g4 with no OS.
So the big question is:
"WHAT DISCS DO I NEED TO RECOVER THIS UNIT"
of course a version of anything that i could use on multiple machines would be good
ok so ive gone into system profiler this is what it says:
powerbook g4 15"
powerbook5,2
powerpc g4 (1.1)
1 cpu
1ghz
512 cache
768ram
167 bus speed
boot rom version 4.7.1f1
the model number is:a1046
now how do i find the appropriate disc to use on this?

Apple's restore/recovery discs are keyed to specific machines, which is why the OS X 10.4 discs don't work. Not sure why the Panther retail won't install. On Leopard, your Powerbook didn't come with a dual layer DVD, so are you installing from an external dual layer drive or has the internal DVD drive been very recently upgraded? The Apple store only shows one Leopard version being available, which I would expect is a standard density DVD - could the dual layer version of Leopard you're using have been intended for use on an Intel-based Apple notebook?
The best bet is to call Apple support and they'll send you the right discs for your machine, for a nominal fee.

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