OSX86 Installation

[Silverlink]

Hello there insanelymac'ers!

 

I am trying to install iDeneb 1.5.1 and i can't get past the "Select a Destination" screen.

When i go to the disk utility screen there aren't any disk available. When i go to the System Profiler and select SATA devices (or something like that) It will say that there aren't any sata devices in my computer.

 

I have an Acer Aspire 5520G

AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Mobile Technology TL-60 (1MB L2 cache, 2.0GHz);

4GB (2/2) DDR2 667 SDRAM;

250GB hard drive;

Integrated Blu-Ray Combo / DVD Writer drive;

5-in-1 card reader; 15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800) TFT display, Acer® CrystalBrite Technology;

NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M graphics;

802.11b/g WLAN.

 

i Hope that you guys can help me with my little laptop

 

Thnx in advance

[vilpostus]

I beg you a pardon, but have you prepared a partition to install to via the Disk Utility?

If you can't see any disks in the Disk Utility, that means the different distro is needed. The one that supports the on-board SATA/IDE controller (probably Nfoce or Jmicron).

[Silverlink]

Hey thanks for the response.

 

I first downloaded GParted to format the drive to fat32. I Also tryed to use NTFS but it still can't find anything.

 

I Downloaded also a Kalaway Release and an Iatkos release they give me the same results.

[srs5694]

Download CPU-Z, which is a Windows utility. It'll produce a report on your hardware, including the chipset(s) used for your hard disk controllers. Post the results. There might or might not be a suitable driver for your hardware. If not, you're out of luck, or at best you'll need to buy an add-on controller and attach one hard disk to it.

 

You might also be able to improve matters by adjusting BIOS options related to the hard disk. In particular, look for anything marked "AHCI" and try changing its setting. This reportedly helps OS X locate hard drives in some cases.

[Silverlink]

Will try that thank you.

 

Only changing hardware isn't an option because its an Notebook (Acer Aspire 5520G)

Will post the report tonight (Local time).

[Silverlink]

Here are my system specs

 

CPU-Z 1.41 report file
Processor(s)	 
Number of processors	1
Number of cores	2 per processor
Number of threads	1 (max 2) per processor
Name	AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-60
Code Name	
Specification	AMD Turion(tm) 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60
Package	Socket S1 (638)
Family/Model/Stepping	F.8.2
Extended Family/Model	F.68
Brand ID	2
Core Stepping	
Technology	65 nm
Core Speed	2000.3 MHz
Multiplier x Bus speed	10.0 x 200.0 MHz
HT Link speed	800.1 MHz
Stock frequency	2000 MHz
Instruction sets	MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64
L1 Data cache (per processor)	2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L1 Instruction cache (per processor)	2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size
L2 cache (per processor)	2 x 512 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size
Chipset & Memory	 
Northbridge	NVIDIA nForce 560 rev. A2
Southbridge	NVIDIA nForce 560 rev. A2
Graphic Interface	PCI-Express
PCI-E Link Width	x16
PCI-E Max Link Width	x16
Memory Type	DDR2
Memory Size	4096 MBytes
Memory Frequency	333.4 MHz (CPU/6)
CAS# Latency (tCL)	5.0 clocks
RAS# to CAS# (tRCD)	5 clocks
RAS# Precharge (tRP)	5 clocks
Cycle Time (tRAS)	15 clocks
Bank Cycle Time (tRC)	21 clocks
Command Rate (CR)	2T
System	 
System Manufacturer	Acer
System Name	Aspire 5520
Mainboard Vendor	Acer
Mainboard Model	Fuquene
BIOS Vendor	Acer
BIOS Version	V1.33
BIOS Date	05/06/2008
Memory SPD	 
Module 1	DDR2, PC2-5300 (333 MHz), 2048 MBytes, Samsung
Module 2	DDR2, PC2-5300 (333 MHz), 2048 MBytes, Samsung
Software	 
Windows Version	Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Silverlink PE) (Build 2600)
DirectX Version	9.0

[srs5694]

Your output indicates that your system uses an nVidia nForce 560 chipset. This is the hardware that, among other things, controls your hard disks. I've got a system myself that uses an nVidia 615 chipset, IIRC, and it works OK; however, I've recently had an exchange here with somebody with an nVidia 560 chipset, and he was having problems finding something that would work. I recommend you start researching your chipset to see if there are OSx86 drivers for it, and if so, what distribution supports it directly or how you can add the drivers to your iDeneb.