Can't install OSX from my install discs...

As I've done with all of my six previous Mac laptops, I connected my new MacBook Pro to my G4 Desktop and zeroed the drive with Apple's Disk Utility. After I booted with the install disc that came with my MacBook Pro, I was only able to get as far as choosing the hard drive to install to. Over my newly zeroed drive was an exclamation point within a red oval that informed me that I couldn't install OSX on this hard drive. I've never had this happen before.
BTW, I can't even boot from the Techtool Deluxe disc that I got with my AppleCare.
Any ideas before I go to the Apple Store?
Thanks in advance.
Scott
MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo 2.33 Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Dual 1.42 Mac OS X (10.3.7)

Yep. Just like Ethan said you've partitioned your drive with a "Apple Partition Map" which is for PowerPC based Macs.
You need to repartition using "GUID Partition Table". You can do this by choosing the options button on the partition tab in disk utility.

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