neerajx86 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 Hello, I am trying to install Snow Leopard 10.6.4 on my PC but SL won't recognize my internal SATA HDD drive. Though it does recognize my USB disk drive. My internal disk is not even visible in Disk utitility app neither it's listed in /dev directory. When I start the installation i get message like this: diskarbitrationd can't probe /dev/disk1 (error: 0XFFFFFFFA) (it's my win 7 boot partition) diskarbitrationd can't probe /dev/disk2 (error: 0XFFFFFFFA) (my windows c drive) diskarbitrationd can't probe /dev/disk3 (error: 0XFFFFFFFA) (my windows d drive) Some how with kicks and punches I am successful in installing SL in my USB HDD, and its running well but SL shows no sign of my internal HDD drive or my ethernet card, though my USB speakers work well. I have tried installing latest kexts for ICH10 (IOATAFamily) but its in vain. If any one can give insight into this problem or provide solution then I would be thankful to you. Following are techspecs of my pc My BIOS doesn't support legacy emulation and IDE mode. Boot loader: Chameleon 5 PC: Dell Inspiron 580s Processor: i3 530 Motherboard Model: DELL 033FF6 Motherboard Chipset: Intel H57 (IbexPeak DH) Motherboard Slots: 1xPCI, 1xPCI Express x1 PCH Features Intel Identity Protection Technology: Supported USB 2.0 Ports 6 and 7: Supported PCI Express Ports 7 and 8: Supported FIS Based Port Multiplier: Supported SATA Ports 2 and 3: Supported SATA RAID 0/1/5/10: Supported HDD info Drive Controller: Serial ATA 3Gb/s Drive Model: WDC WD3200AAKS-75L9A0 Drive Revision: 02.03E02 Drive Serial Number: WD-WMAV2P415959 Drive Capacity: 305,245 MBytes (320 GB) USB: Intel 5 series/3400 series chipset beowulfinfo.HTM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 What kext's have you tried? And in what folder did you install these kext's? What Chameleon or boot method? If you post details then help might come... I don't mean to say you gave any lack of hardware but in relation to OSX install, so its all good edit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbre Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 do you have AHCI enabled in bios? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neerajx86 Posted October 1, 2010 Author Share Posted October 1, 2010 What kext's have you tried? And in what folder did you install these kext's? What Chameleon or boot method? If you post details then help might come... I don't mean to say you gave any lack of hardware but in relation to OSX install, so its all good edit Kext was IOATAFamily.kext modified for ICH10. I am using Chameleon boot loader 5. At the time of writing this, I have erased my HDD completely but still nothing. PS: My bios supports only AHCI mode. Legacy emulation and IDE is not supported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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