tribaldaze Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I have used the [GUIDE] A fast and easy way to install Lion to try to install lion on my Dell XPS 410. I final got past the grey screen and rainbow wheel from hell lock and now that I got the installer to finally boot up I can only see the USB drive not my hard drive. Any Suggestions? I did this 1. Read this guide: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=259068 2. Then read what browndogfred wrote about using the above method, post 1320 and 1323: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=28138&st=1319 Used these see dimension9200-extract_to_Extra.zip Any help would be great, I can see the promise land but and stuck at the toll booth, lol. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278393-unable-to-view-hard-drive-when-installing-from-usb-lion/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlf Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Boot the installer. Answer the language question. On the next page, go to the Utilities menu item and choose Disk Utility Format your hard drive Mac OS Extended Journaled Quit Disk Utility and return to installer Select your formatted hard drive and install. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278393-unable-to-view-hard-drive-when-installing-from-usb-lion/#findComment-1815508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaldaze Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Tried that, the drive doesn't even show up. Only the usb drive is listed. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278393-unable-to-view-hard-drive-when-installing-from-usb-lion/#findComment-1815512 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaldaze Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 OK go it to finally load the disks, formatted and now installing. WIll post results K all loaded and installed but stuck with still waiting for root device, any suggestions Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278393-unable-to-view-hard-drive-when-installing-from-usb-lion/#findComment-1815520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxic Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Try booting with PCIRootUID=1 -v Post the result Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278393-unable-to-view-hard-drive-when-installing-from-usb-lion/#findComment-1815574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tribaldaze Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Got it up and running, reinstalled Lion and everything is up. Now I am having to find a iCloud, app store and Nvidia 9600gt graphics fix. I have networking and seems to going well so far. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/278393-unable-to-view-hard-drive-when-installing-from-usb-lion/#findComment-1815584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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