imneat Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 The disk utility isn't detecting my disk's partitions. What's weird is that the System Profiler does detect my 160gb hdd. I'm installing iATKOS v5i on a Dell Inspiron 1420. I've seen numerous 1420 success stories none of which encountered this problem. I've been searching for a solution for a very long time and have come across a few solved ones for different installs on different machines but of course they didn't list what they did to get it working ;;. At least I know a solution is possible! Any help will be greatly appreciated. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169725-disk-utility-not-detecting-partitions-help/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazepo Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Check from bios if you have AHCI mode for your HD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169725-disk-utility-not-detecting-partitions-help/#findComment-1172160 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imneat Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Yup, I've tried both AHCI and ATA - same result Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169725-disk-utility-not-detecting-partitions-help/#findComment-1172369 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazepo Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Maybe you should give a try with an other distro. Give a try with Leo4all v3 or iPC PPF5 Final. If your Dell uses a WD HD you should try first Leo distro. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169725-disk-utility-not-detecting-partitions-help/#findComment-1172395 Share on other sites More sharing options...
imneat Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Maybe you should give a try with an other distro. I tried iPC before iATKOS without any luck. I switched to iATKOS because it's the only distro I've seen that people have successfully installed on machines like mine. If I can just get it to install on the HD I should be able to update and configure it with very little problem. I'm getting iDeneb atm but I'd really prefer to stick with iATKOS. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/169725-disk-utility-not-detecting-partitions-help/#findComment-1172424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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