Bootcamp, intel mac pro, using entire drive, installer hangs- what am I doi

I have been trying to install boot camp and windows on my Mac Pro. Installing on my MacBook Pro was so easy I didn't expect any kind of problems, but I got them anyway.
a) I am installing on a hard drive and I expect to use the entire drive. I start boot camp and designate the drive. Windows appears to start installing but when I get the format screen, there is no partition on any drive labelled Boot Camp.
b) if I choose the drive I wanted anyway, it will format for NTFS and copy all the files. It will re-boot and start the GUI install but hang with 33 minutes to go. I have tried this multiple times and the result is identical every time.
What am I doing wrong?

As of this point in time, I have been able to get windows installed- I noticed during the windows setup and format section that the disk actually had two partitions, one very small and the other the size of the rest of the disk.
(this was probably a mistake) but I deleted the small partition, formatted the large one NTFS and continued with the install. Well, windows went on without a whimper after that and I was able to install the windows drivers from my apple disk.
BUT when i go to preferences/startup disk to select the BOOTCAMP partition (yes, that shows now) I don't see it.
If I start Fusion, I can see and boot the bootcamp partition but if I go into the control panel and start the bootcamp control, the mac os partition does not show.
So, does it sound as though I deleted what apple uses to select between the mac os and windows installations when i deleted that small partition?
I am afraid to try again.

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