Installing Leopard on SSD

[whitefang]

So after I install the SSD and the RAM, do I just insert the Leopard CD when it boots up? Do I have to press any keys?

 

[Consultant]

You either press C for cd boot or
OPTION to select a boot volume.

 

[whitefang]

You either press C for cd boot or
OPTION to select a boot volume.

Does the CD have a RAM test or does Leopard do a quick RAM test before installing cause I just installed RAM?

 

[Consultant]

One of your restore DVD from your computer has diagnostics which has RAM test.
(There is another key you press for that, or hold OPTION to select it).
However if you can boot from the cd you are usually ok,
but you will only know after extended usage.

 

[whitefang]

Okay, so here is the process:
1) Install Leopard
2) Install System Updates
3) Install Applications (in no particular order)
4) Install System Updates, the system updates should automatically check if my applications has updates available (like pages, itunes)

Since it's an SSD, is there anything I need to tweak?

 

[Consultant]

OSX is UNIX, designed to run 24/7 without "tweaking" under the proper conditions. =)

 

[whitefang]

Wow, I ran into some problems when installing. First, it didn't detect any harddrives installed. So I opened up disk utility and saw the SSD but I think it wasn't partitioned/formatted. So I formatted it "Mac OS Journal" filesystem (is this the filesystem to use?).

Now, it's currently installing. The fans are on high speed, I don't know if that's normal during installation or not. Also, it's currently "checking installation dvd". I don't know if I should skip it or not.