It appears the underlying problem is the install getting messed up with
partitioning/swap - I fought with this and this was my soultion:

boot live CD
open Konsole
execute "sudo su -" (this will put you at the command prompt as root)
execute "passwd root"
enter a password for root
type "exit"
execute "su -"
enter your root password (check to make sure it works for upcoming single user)
as root execute "init 1" (drop to single user - you should be prompted for root 
password for maintenance)
wipe out any existing partition table - execute "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda 
bs=1k count=63" (I had a weird Mac NewWorld disk label there) 
repartition using "cfdisk" - setup 10000MB for root on sda1 and remainder for 
swap on sda2 (type 82/83)
Note: I tried fdisk - this is not like the Linux fdisk I am used to (another 
Mac looking/NewWorld thing)
Set the partition types to sda1=Linux(type 83), sda2=swap(type 83) (L lists 
partition types)
create block devices for partitions: "cd /dev/; mknod sda1 b 8 1; mknod sda2 b  
8 2"
format root partition: "mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sda1"
initialize swap: "mkswap /dev/sda2"
activate swap: "swapon /dev/sda2"
type "exit"
this should bring you back to the Live CD environment
open Konsole and execute "top" to watch activity
click on install
select manual paritioning - specify "/" for the root mount point
you'll likey be forced to reformat / - that's ok
ignore warnings about "NewWorld" disk label
click continue and watch the install complete

The above worked for me - your mileage will likely vary....

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