k3rm0r Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 i am able to boot iportable snow install. And it works fine. find´s all my drives etc. When i try to boot up the installer(trying vanilla install from the retail dvd) using chameleon as a boot loader, it wont find my drives, the installer is loaded with usb drive. it find it perfectly, but won´t find my s-ata hdd´s. it also create some kinda distortion problem if i didn´t boot up in safe mode, wich i guess also exclude some drivers. This problem i didn´t have when using iportable snow install. anyone know what kexts i need to change to let it find my drives? Or how to solve this problem? My setup is chipset : Intel X48 cpu : Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 GPU : Radeon HD 4850 Memory : DDR3 Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235917-unable-to-start-instalation-dell-xps430/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
k3rm0r Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 Nobody knows what to do? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235917-unable-to-start-instalation-dell-xps430/#findComment-1576660 Share on other sites More sharing options...
3.14r2 Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 it wont find my drives, the installer is loaded with usb drive. it find it perfectly, but won´t find my s-ata hdd´sIn theory the on-board disk controller should be working out of the box without any additional driver. So the SATA disks should be recognised by OS X. The problem may be in the way the SATA HDD is connected to the MB. Try connecting the HDD to the first or the second SATA port (refer to MB manual to know which one is the first one).Also check what is set the BIOS regarding SATA mode (ACHI, RAID or other). Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235917-unable-to-start-instalation-dell-xps430/#findComment-1576817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
k3rm0r Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 In theory the on-board disk controller should be working out of the box without any additional driver. So the SATA disks should be recognised by OS X. The problem may be in the way the SATA HDD is connected to the MB. Try connecting the HDD to the first or the second SATA port (refer to MB manual to know which one is the first one).Also check what is set the BIOS regarding SATA mode (ACHI, RAID or other). have done that . but it is kinda strange that the iportable snowleo will work and find my drives when the installer won´t. it might have something to do with me having to start the instalation in safe mode, but if i don´t my whole screen just turn´s into a huricane of snow. so i´m kinda stuck Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235917-unable-to-start-instalation-dell-xps430/#findComment-1577077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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