iMaurice Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 ok so im on 10.4.3 8f1111 right now, and got 10.4.6 patched with jas and the installer wont detect my 160gb SATA western digital caviar, but 10.4.3 does and it works, how can i get it to show up (or installing 10.4.6 some other way)? edit: my mobo is a pcchips p25g Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
free30 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 This has been covered before by peolple with a lot more experience than me, but if you can't find it. OS dosen't like big partitions on the drive say 80gb, try formating the parttiton to Fat32, And of cause are you using the disk utility at the top of the page after selelcting a language on the OS X install DVD, to errase the partition and hence format it to HFS+? Else you can use VMware to install on a vurtual drive and then dd the image to your id=af or type=0afh partition. Some of the guides cover this. Free30 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/#findComment-127547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMaurice Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 This has been covered before by peolple with a lot more experience than me, but if you can't find it. OS dosen't like big partitions on the drive say 80gb, try formating the parttiton to Fat32, And of cause are you using the disk utility at the top of the page after selelcting a language on the OS X install DVD, to errase the partition and hence format it to HFS+?Else you can use VMware to install on a vurtual drive and then dd the image to your id=af or type=0afh partition. Some of the guides cover this. Free30 the hdd is blank basically, and it is 160gb's it doesnt show up in disk utility OR when im going to install (when i have to choose the drive to install to) i can get into disk utility and stuff using the 10.4.3 install dvd though so should i format the drive and for example have a 120gb partition and a 40gb partition? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/#findComment-127567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMaurice Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 ok so trying to get it working with a 40gb partition didnt work it still wouldnt show up in the installer... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/#findComment-127598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMaurice Posted June 10, 2006 Author Share Posted June 10, 2006 anyone know? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/#findComment-127613 Share on other sites More sharing options...
free30 Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Try creating the partition with Knoppix and gtparted, and format to fat32. You then have to use OS x's disk utility to erase the partition, to lable and format to HFS+. Else use VMware. Once you have an image of a HFS+ format on the drive it gets easier for some reason. free30 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/#findComment-127660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMaurice Posted June 11, 2006 Author Share Posted June 11, 2006 Try creating the partition with Knoppix and gtparted, and format to fat32.You then have to use OS x's disk utility to erase the partition, to lable and format to HFS+. Else use VMware. Once you have an image of a HFS+ format on the drive it gets easier for some reason. free30 i can do that with my 10.4.3 installation dvd, but not with the 10.4.6 one Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/#findComment-127732 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwprod12 Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 What's your motherboard chipset? SATA isnt always detected. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/#findComment-127733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMaurice Posted June 11, 2006 Author Share Posted June 11, 2006 from newegg: Chipsets North Bridge VIA P4M800CE South Bridge VIA VT8237R Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/#findComment-127879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
free30 Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Theres a jas patch posted on Demonoid, JaS OSx86 10.4.6 PPF1 Patch Reseed, that might help. free30 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/19471-installer-not-detecting-drive/#findComment-128468 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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