Clean install problem

Hi guys. I just bought myself an immaculate G4 Powerbook 1.5 MHz with 1.25 RAM, and a 250 GB HD and it came with Leopard installed already, as well as with the Leopard install disc.
Now, today I wanted to make a clean install, rather than have the old users name on the home folder, but when trying to do so it gets about a quarter of the way along the install bar and freezes. This is a problem, because I am left with a laptop with no operating system!
Does anyone have any ideas as to why this may be (I haven't tried target disc mode yet)?
The Leopard disc seems to be ok, no big scratches, it just seems strange that it freezes up.
Can I zap pram without the OS installed?
Cheers in advance.

First, let's make sure the Leopard DVD you have is the correct one for installing on your G4 PB. It should be the black generic disk set, not silver gray. If you're using the correct install media, do this:

Boot your PB with the Leopard DVD, and select Utilities from the top menu. Now select Disk Utilities. Run verify on the hard drive. If it comes up with errors, run repair. Keep running repair until all errors are cleared. After this you should be able to proceed to installing Leopard and applications.

And yes, you can reset PRAM, NVRAM without the operating system installed.

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Regards.

If the Leopard install disk is the original disk that came with the computer when new, and it's not installing properly...maybe the disk needs to be cleaned or maybe it's damaged.

- Nick

Thanks. Tried the reset PRAM and NVRAM, and it is the black disc so I think it is the disc causing the problem
I ran utilities after posting this and all is ok.
Anything I can do if the disc is knackered?

Can you format the drive or does that error out as well?

vansmith said:

Can you format the drive or does that error out as well?

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Yes, no problem with that. I erased it completely before trying the clean install.

I don't think Leopard ever shipped with a G4 Powerbook, did it?

No it didn't, but the guy I bought it from sent it with, and it was installed fine as I said.
Any way of installing on to the Powerbook from my iMac?

Bump!
Can I use Target Disc mode and install from my iMac?