Cant install on Internal Hard Disk need help . . .

i have the latest powerbook, and i have my treo hooked up to it, after i installed bootcamp and i had to partition the hard drive, i am no longer able to connect to the palm, and i cant install anything, the macintosh HD is not available for instalation, (you know on the select destination to install) i tried searching here, and in other forums and on google for a solution and i simply cant find any...really need the help
btw i have 10.4.9 when i first realised the problem, i later upgraded to 10.4.10 and that installed fine..wich was weird...the palm application is for intel based macs....and i also tried to install my new e-90 application, i got the patch for it, i have isync 2.4 when i try to install it tells me i dont meet system req. ??!!??
MacBook Pro 15" 2.16, PowerBook G4 17"   Mac OS X (10.4.10)  

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