Bug 166920

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Description of problem:
The installer crashes every time I try to install.

Errors were reported through install process about partition not ocupying all of the space and / or 
trying to read outside of the bounds of the device.

Debug info:

Traceback (most recent call last):
Flie "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1137 in handleRenderCallback self.currentWindow.renderCallbac()
File "/user/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 224, in renderCallback self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
File "/usr/lib/anacond/gui.py", line 873, in nextClicked self.dispatch.gotoNext()
Flie "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 174 in gotoNext self.moveStep()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/spispatch.py", line 242, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 582, in turnOfFilesystems thefsset.createLogicalVolumes
(instPath)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 1472, in createLogicalVolumes entry.device.setupDevice(chroot)
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 2066, in setupDevice raise SystemError, "pvcreate failed for %s" %
(volume,)
SystemError: pvcreate failed for <fsset.PartitionDevice instance at 0x303105d0

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert ppc install disck into powerbook and run installer
2. Attempt to install
3. Installer crashes after clicking OK after the final steps of the installer (when it says you need other discs)
  

Actual Results:  Installer crashes

Expected Results:  Partition created correctly and installer executes and installs Fedora Core

Additional info:

Tried setting up the dirive with many different partition maps using Mac OS X installer CD.  All so far have 
failed.