I just created my partition for OSX I formated it to Fat32... I was reading that macs HD are formated in HFS+ is it critical for me to go HFS+ or is there a way around working with NTFS or Fat32? When I get into the install mode It doesn't bring up my HD at all only DVD drive and DVD. Its a western digital Sata2 HD by the way.

Hi Destoya:

On my OSx86 PC (mPC 915), I divided my Hard Drive into two partitions (Mac OS X Extended and FAT32 for Windows). You need at least one partition to install Mac OS X (Extended with Journaling). After you install Mac OS X, you can install Windows on the FAT32 Partition.

Using Mac OS X, you will be able to read and write to the FAT32 Partition. Using Windows, you will only see the FAT32 Partition.

Hope that helps!

--danyel

Did you create your Fat32 partition as primary. This is necessary for OSX86. During the install process, once it recognizes your drive in Disk Utility, convert that partition to Mac OS Journaled. OSX will only install on a Journaled (HFS+) drive.

Hi BJMoose:

I have my Mac OS X Extended (Journaled) as my Primary Partition and use the Darwin Boot Loader to choose with OS (partition) I want to boot to. I have my timer set to log into Mac OS X after 5 seconds (my default OS).

--danyel

Thanks for all the help thus far..trying to step it up in computing is always fun. I have tried to do something else. I had scrap 40gb HD laying around so I snaged an enclosure and formated it with my GFs mac (I love this thing) when I try to install it (still enclosed) it installs up to 2% then crashes and says I need to restart. Ill keep reading the fourm and see if there are little things im missing out on.

If you formatted it on her real Mac, then it probably used the wrong type of partition scheme. You need to go into Disc Utility from your OS X install disc (it is under the tools or utilities menu on the installer screen). Select the hard drive (not the partition), go to the partition tab on the right, click on the options button (if it is there, some install DVD's use a version that doesn't have it) and select MBR. Then partition the drive formatting it as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)". Exit Disc Utility and you should be all set.

hello to everybody

this is my problem: my mac install dvd does not see the hd!

so I installed the content of the dvd onto an external usb drive, which indeed worked
(see picture below)

i have then tried to copy & paste the content of the external usb

drive (where the mac osx was installed) on my ntfs

partition of the original internal hd:




this is the outcome:


[img=http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9761/desk209xh5.th.png]

as you can see -I have used MAcDrive to see the mac hd-

i have the osx installed on my hd (in theory) but, when i

try to boot from the hard disk (having already set this g:

partition active)

the sistem says: "NTLDR Missing - press Ctrl + ecc to

reboot"


any suggestions?

what could i do in your opinion?

1. You can't simply copy and past OS X from one drive to another and expect it to work.
2. OS X can't boot from an NTFS formatted drive.
3. Copying OS X apps to a drive that isn't formatted for the Mac will most often destroy them because other drive formats can't deal with the types of permissions and resource forks that Mac files use.

so if i have the osx installed on an external usb

how can i do


or, otherwise, i can i do to make the osx installer see my hd?

which installer may i use?

This is an interesting one. On a Haxintosh, this is true.

On my real PowerPC Mac, I can infact do this, as long as my copy and paste is getting everything regardless of permission.