>> Disk Utility Partition NOT Recognize(WEIRDDD)

[Yeminio]

Hi everybodeHH!!!

 

The disk utility doesn't show the AF partition.

(UPDATED)

 

Here are some pics after all the help here

 

 

 

 

And This is what happens to me V

 

Hope you can help me

[Rammjet]

Try formatting the partition as FAT32 using Paragon. Then start the installation and format the partition again as MacOS Extended Journaled in Disk Utility.

[Yeminio]

Thanks dude.

 

I formatted it with Paragon into Fat32... I restarted and didn't change anything xP

 

the problem is still stand up

 

know any other way ?

[Rammjet]

Try setting the partition ID to AF or 0xAF

[Yeminio]

 

 

Is there ok ?

 

If it doesn't, I don't really know how to put it in 0xAF.

 

[Rammjet]

Yes, good spot, but why does it say "Hidden"?

[Yeminio]

I unhided it, but the ID changed by itself :S

 

[Rammjet]

AF is the identifier for Apple HFS+ (MacOS Extended Journaled).

[Yeminio]

I can't find any of those names in the list man ;(

 

nowhere is reference to mac or an HFS, or I can't find it

 

AUMM

[Yeminio]

WAAAAAAAA... Im dieing XD somebody pleaaaaseeeeee

 

Im MELTIIIIINGGG

[Rammjet]

Just change it to AF no matter what it is called. Some utilities call it ShagOS, others call it Unknown. I wasn't telling you to look for Mac or HFS+, I was explaining why you want it set to AF, because it is supposed to be AF in order to tell OSX what it is.

 

But if doing that makes it Hidden, that is not good and I would think that not having it Hidden is more important than having it set to AF.

 

So, again. Set to AF. If it becomes Hidden as a result, set it to Unhidden and then try the installer again.

[Yeminio]

When I convert it into AF it hides.

 

When I unhide the partition it shoots me a message

 

 

 

I click Yes and it changes to 0xBF Solaris 10

[Yeminio]

Rammjet I did what you told me and it didn't work =(

[Rammjet]

Skip the AF and just be sure it is unhidden.

[joe75]

Yeminio, PartitionManager 8 sucks.

Try using diskpart to convert, do the same thing and use (set id=af) and then select the partition and type (active). You should have no problems

 

The partition becomes hidden because PM8 cant read HFS+

[xtraa]

Yeminio,

 

if i understood it correctly, you are trying to install OS X with the OS X boot DVD but

the installer can't find your partition?

 

If you can answer this with a yes, do the following:

 

Boot up with the DVD, and after selecting your language from the installer, have a

look at the menuebar at the top of the installer windows. Select the Diskutility from

the Tools menue, and then just pick up the partition and format it with the apple file

system, aka HFS+ (journaled).

 

If there is no partition available that you can select within the Diskutility from the

Tools menue of the menubar in the OSX install DVD setup process, then do the

following:

 

Get yourself a bootable Partition-Tool CD and make sure that it boots up like it should

before you change anything. After that, set the partition where you want to install

OSX to, to active and visible. You can do this from windows.

 

Boot up again and follow the DVD step from the above again. After OSX is finished,

you should be able to boot into OSX. To be able to boot up in windows again, insert

the Partition-Tool CD and set the Windows partition back to active.

 

After that, search the forum for the chain0 method, place the file in the windows

XP rootfolder and add the OSX entry in your boot.ini.

[Rammjet]

As he has shown in his rather large pictures, he has gone to Disk Utility and the partition does not show up there - there is a picture of what Disk Utility shows: only his Windows partition and the install DVD.

[joe75]

Use diskpart

[maxtom]

format the partition in NTFS, after reboot, start windows, maybe is going to format the partition, after you can see you partition in My PC reboot your computer to start the OSX installation.

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Im Spanish sorry

[Yeminio]

Wow.

 

Looks faster to try with diskpart, but it shows a black window style dos mm...

 

well Xtraa, thanks for all that answer I will be trying it. But are some words that I don't understand xD

 

I'll go to the shower and try...

 

but as Rammjet said, the partition is not recognized. Maybe it is because of what you told me, but I have seen that people has nfts partitions. And the first part of the partition (windows xp) is NFTS so why the other is not showing if it is the same ?

 

Aum. I don't know how to execute diskpart xD

 

aaand...

 

 

That is basically my prob

[joe75]

Looks faster to try with diskpart, but it shows a black window style dos mm...

 

Its easy, just use (?) or (help) and follow what it says.

 

Go to Accessories folder, get command prompt, type diskpart, thats it.

[Yeminio]

Im spanish too MAXTOM

[Rammjet]

Just thought of the obvious answer. We never asked what motherboard is being used. We do know it is Athlon processor.

 

Are you using a motherboard with nForce chipset? Are you using SATA hard drives?

 

OSX doesn't support nForce4 and nForce 5xx SATA hard drives because it doesn't have a reliable driver for nForce4 SATA chipsets.

 

Get a PATA hard drive for OSX.

[joe75]

Good call Rammjet, yet again, thats why you da man

 

Yeminio, it's a good idea to put your specs in the signature

[Yeminio]

Ok I will.

 

But I don't know much about computers xD

 

in facts, I was trying to look where do I find that it is a SATA or ATA HD.

 

Im almost sure that it is ATA. The motherborad is an ASUS k8u-x (that says the box)

 

lalalal

 

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