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revtex
9th December 2005, 06:15 AM
If you are gettng this error:

"Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 873, in nextClicked
self.dispatch.gotoNext()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 174, in gotoNext
self.moveStep()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 242, in moveStep
rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))"
...etc.

Here is what your problem is, you need to remove the OLD apple bootstrap from the drive

The way I did this was use gentoo install cd.. and run "mac-fdisk" and just reinit the drive by using the command "i"

should look something like this:

Command (? for help): i
map already exists
do you want to reinit? [n/y]: y
size of 'device' is 528808 blocks:
new size of 'device' is 528808 blocks

After you have run that just print your table and it should look something like this:

Command (? for help): p
/dev/sda # type name length base ( size ) system
/dev/sda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map
/dev/sda2 Apple_Free Extra 528744 @ 64 (258.2M) Free space

Block size=512, Number of Blocks=528808
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0

** you should only have Partition map and free space **

then type "w"
then type "q"

reboot and try installing fedora again and it should work :)

goodluck