Can't install vista with bootcamp

I have a 20" iMac with OS 10.6.2
Before Snow Leopard came out I partitioned my drive to 32 GB and installed Windows Vista. I need more space on my Windows partition so I deleted the partition today and re-partitioned it to 60 GB or so. I inserted my Vista cd and started the installation but once the computer shut down and re-started I never made it to the install screen. It was stuck on a black screen with an underscore "_" then it extended to a long one "__" . After that nothing happened and as expected I wanted to throw the machine at the wall. I went back and re-partitioned it again back at 32 GB to see if I could get anything to happen. Instead of an underscore showing I now had "M76XT B22504 MXM GDDR3 256M 680e/750m" popping up on the screen. I tried restarting using option to get to the boot screen. I ejected the disk and reinserted it and tried booting again from the windows disk but it did nothing. So here I am asking you guys if you know anything that I don't know!! Only variables I changed were the Apple OS version (10.5 - 10.6) and the size of the partition. The Window disk isn't scratched or anything so I'm at a loss.

Boot Camp is for Intel Macs only. The Boot Camp Assistant won't be installed on a PowerPC Mac such as yours, and if it's somehow present, won't open.
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