bless the drive

[systimax]

Whats the command to bless a drive again if it was zeroed out.

 

I have formated with fat32 before install and made it primary and active.

 

Install works but i need the dvd to boot into OSX

 

I cant remeber the command. Was it a windows command or can i do it in OSx -v mode?

 

thanks

[Rammjet]

You just need to set the partition "active". Use any Windows/Linux disk/partition utility or use FDisk built into OSX: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=22844

[systimax]

thanks but my disk is already set active in acronis as well as the instructions above. Anything else you can think of?

 

By the way its a blank screen with a cursor at the top left. No errors.

 

thanks

 

 

Nevermind. I partitioned and erased with the 10.46 dvd. Must be a issue with the new dvd.

 

thanks

[Rammjet]

What DVD are you using? I have seen some problems using the Disk Utility on the 10.4.8 install DVD.

 

Format the drive as FAT32 using some Windows/Linux utility. Don't use Windows itself because it has a limit on partition size. Formatting as FAT32 creates a teeny-tiny partition for MBR and the rest of the disk is one big partition. Use some older install DVD (10.4.4-10.4.7) to format the FAT32 partition as MacOS Extended Journaled. In Disk Utility, select the partition icon displayed below the hard drive icon and format that. Pop that DVD out and pop in the 10.4.8 DVD and finish the installation by first selecting the drive to receive the installation and moving to the Customize/Install window.

 

The MBR and boot files are messed up, that is why you have the blank screen with the cursor. Formatting as FAT32 re-establishes MBR. Using the older Disk Utility installs the correct boot files. Blessing as it has been used only sets the partition active. But if there is only one partition on the drive, it doesn't need to be set active. Each drive has one active partition that is the default for booting. The bootloader associated with that partition is the one that gets used. If you have multiple hard drives, go to BIOS and set the one you want to boot first (because it has your preferred bootloader) - set it to boot first after floppies and CD/DVD's.