I attempted to install Fedora 8 on a Dell Vostro 1500. I booted from the DVD, then started the installation in graphical mode. The install froze at:

running install...
running /sbin/loader

To get around this, I restarted the computer, booted from the DVD, highlighted the installation in graphical mode option, then hit the TAB key and entered these pararmeters at the end of the line:

linux apm=off acpi=off pci=noacpi

Hit ENTER and your install should be on its way.

*EDIT* – Looks like I was wrong. If you let the install process sit on ‘running /sbin/loader’ for about 5 minutes, it eventually responds and moves past that step. However, adding those boot options makes it proceed immediately

If you ever want to delete your entire Evolution account, history, configuration, settings, etc and start over from scratch, here’s how to do it:

Back up all of your files first (of course).
$ rm -rf ~/.evolution
$ rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/evolution
$ evolution --force-shutdown

Find the process id for ‘gconfd’ and kill it:
$ ps -ef|grep gconfd
yourusername 30515 1 0 13:24 ? 00:00:00 /usr/libexec/gconfd-2 12
$ kill 30515

Restart Evolution and you should be prompted to set up your acccount.