Deckard BR-26354 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 I just wanted to say thanks to MacModifier for all the great advice. I followed the LifeHacker article and only got part way to the promise land. The parts were assembled but I couldn't get the last step to work (an OS install and bootloader). MacModifier's suggestion to remove the internal hard drive and put it in an enclosure and load the files directly onto it via my laptop was inspired. It worked like a charm. THANK YOU. I'm up and running. So far, so good but finger are crossed for the long haul. One issue: When I installed a second internal hard drive, I was able to restart and see the drive fine. I even made it a time machine backup device. However, after shutting down, I couldn't get past the startup screen. It was hanging up at "VERIFYING DMI POOL DATA..." So I disconnected the 2nd internal drive and restarted. And it loaded snow leopard no problem. I am wondering why the drive showed up after restarting but after shutting down it confused the system. Do you think it is a BIOS setting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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