anonymousthing Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Hi, I'm booting from [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url]/Empire-EFI, and then selecting my external which has been restored with a Snow Leopard dmg downloaded off the internet. However, once i do that, the installation begins, and i can't select any drives to install to. I've tried going to Utilities > Disk Utility, but only my external (which the installer is on) is there. I can't see my internal hdd. Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteMac85 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Are you using SATA HD?Otherwise with IDE is nearly impossible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymousthing Posted January 22, 2011 Author Share Posted January 22, 2011 Yes, I have a 500 GB SATA 7200 rpm hdd. The rest of my specs are on this website: http://www.hphardware.com/page/model.asp?model_nu=FK954AA That was the closest to my real computer as I could find, cause I replaced some stuff. The only main differences is I have a Geforce 9400 GT, and I didn't get a HDMI or SPDIF cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Unless my l33t google skillz are fading, it looks like your motherboard has ICH9R, six SATA ports, no PATA ports. Try these: Chameleon_Legacy_ATA_kexts.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymousthing Posted January 23, 2011 Author Share Posted January 23, 2011 Before you replied, I had downloaded a different distro (iAtkos S3 V2), and now (after I burnt it) when i boot I get "Still waiting for root device". If this new distro works but I can't see my internal drive still, do I use Kextutility, or do I extract those to /System/Library/Extensions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gringo Vermelho Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 You should add them to your boot CD and use it to install retail OS X. Here's how to make a Chameleon boot CD (files included): http://forum.voodooprojects.org/index.php/...31.html#msg2131 Knowing how to make one means you know how to take one apart. Add the files I attached earlier to the Extensions folder inside preboot.dmg/initrd.img on one of the boot CDs you already have, and reburn it. Or follow my guide and make your own from scratch with the files that work for you. Use a CD-RW so you can fix eventual mistakes or add/remove files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymousthing Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Thanks, gonna try it out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymousthing Posted February 4, 2011 Author Share Posted February 4, 2011 Ok, SOMEHOW i managed to install it on an external, and even inside the Mac, i copied your given kexts to /S/L/E and I still can't see anything in disk utility, except for the external which OS X is on. Also trawled through thousands of other forums, so don't say I haven't googled Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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