TriggerHappyChewie Posted September 23, 2005 Share Posted September 23, 2005 I finally got the Dev CD to boot! Unfortunatly, I can't install this sucker. When it boots into the installer program, it asks me to accept this license agreement. I do, then it brings me to the next step, "Select Destination." It says: "Select a destination volume to install the MacOSX software." However, nothing shows up. The box is completely blank. I made the partition using the tutorial here: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...le_And_Accurate using the diskpart method and labeling it id=af. I made it active, but it still doesn't see it in the Destination box. Am I doing this wrong? It doesn't see ANY of my 4 partitions. The af partition is a primary. I have: WinXP = 136 gb af = 8gb Linux = 56 gb linux swap = 2gb Is there another method to get this partion to work? When booting I also tried using -v. I noticed it said this: localhost diskarbitrationd[33]: unable to mount /dev/disk0s1 (status code 0x00000047) Is this failing to mount my harddrive? If I go into the sytem viewer program, it recognizes my HDD. What's the problem? Any ideas? Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2921-no-destination/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealRemnant Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 I finally got the Dev CD to boot! Unfortunatly, I can't install this sucker. When it boots into the installer program, it asks me to accept this license agreement. I do, then it brings me to the next step, "Select Destination." It says: "Select a destination volume to install the MacOSX software." However, nothing shows up. The box is completely blank. I made the partition using the tutorial here: http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...le_And_Accurate using the diskpart method and labeling it id=af. I made it active, but it still doesn't see it in the Destination box. Am I doing this wrong? It doesn't see ANY of my 4 partitions. The af partition is a primary. I have: WinXP = 136 gb af = 8gb Linux = 56 gb linux swap = 2gb Is there another method to get this partion to work? When booting I also tried using -v. I noticed it said this: localhost diskarbitrationd[33]: unable to mount /dev/disk0s1 (status code 0x00000047) Is this failing to mount my harddrive? If I go into the sytem viewer program, it recognizes my HDD. What's the problem? Any ideas? Thanks Hmmm... I just used the Disk Utility on the Dev DVD to make a usable partition but I wouldn't recommend that if you're doing it on a drive with doodle you want to keep on it... I love having two HDs lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2921-no-destination/#findComment-18625 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerHappyChewie Posted September 24, 2005 Author Share Posted September 24, 2005 Hmmm... I just used the Disk Utility on the Dev DVD to make a usable partition but I wouldn't recommend that if you're doing it on a drive with doodle you want to keep on it... I love having two HDs lol What do you mean: "Disk Utility on the Dev kit"? Do you mean when I boot of of the DVD there is a Disk Utility? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2921-no-destination/#findComment-18664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghw9132 Posted September 24, 2005 Share Posted September 24, 2005 What do you mean: "Disk Utility on the Dev kit"? Do you mean when I boot of of the DVD there is a Disk Utility? yes, in one of the menus there are utilities, disk utility,startup disk, etc. Use the disk utility to erase the partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2921-no-destination/#findComment-18780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
EtherealRemnant Posted September 25, 2005 Share Posted September 25, 2005 Beat me to it, lol. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2921-no-destination/#findComment-18998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcmaczone Posted September 29, 2005 Share Posted September 29, 2005 Beat me to it, lol. But maybe he has the same problem as me where my SATA drive is invisible. Doesn't OSx86 have problems with SATA drives? Only thing that shows on mine is the DVD Drives. I know it will work on a PATA drive because I had an old one kicking about and that installed ok but it's a real flaky drive so ordered a new one which should be here tomorrow, then i'll install again. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2921-no-destination/#findComment-19706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
furri Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 Hi I'm having the exact same problem trying to install from DVD with the HD not being mounted and the installer not picking up the AF partition. I rebooted into XP and went back into DiskPart and made sure the AF partition was set as active. Then exited command prompt and restarted the PC. I then re-inserted the OSX install DVD to install OSX and got to the same point again with the same result - no disk at all in the installation drives menu. None of the partitions including the AF partition appear to be mounted. So I looked in System Profiler at the ATA devices - on the HD it lists the 3 NTFS partitions and a single FAT32 partition (as it should be) but the newly created AF partition isn't listed. I then quit the installer and restarted the pc again... This time XP won't boot and I'm left with an "Error loading operating system_" message. Can anybody help please (to at least get XP booting up again)? Thanks Furri Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/2921-no-destination/#findComment-21162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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