swede420 Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Hi everyone! I have som problem installing the new jas dvd. Everything seems ok and the installation process is begining. when i com to ``select a drive to install macosx`` i cant see any harddrive, now you good people. whats the problem? and how can i fix it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38624-installation-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatman Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Go to the harddrive util and format a partition with HFS+. After that return to your install program and try again. This time a partion should show up. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38624-installation-problem/#findComment-275615 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barracus Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 i had the same problem, i'm using vmware. When i got to the point when i should have chosen the hdd for the installation i couldn't see any. So i have clicked on "utilities->disk utilities" and then formatted the partition with hfs+ (i've just translated "utilities->disk utilities" from the italian, so it might be slightly different ) That fixed the problem. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38624-installation-problem/#findComment-276769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
intrax Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 (edited) That fixed the problem. To be more precise for you noob's this is not a problem but a feature and has been since the arrival of osx ! What did you THINK... Edited January 16, 2007 by intrax Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38624-installation-problem/#findComment-276783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barracus Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 (edited) To be more precise for you noob's this is not a problem but a feature and has been since the arrival of osx ! What did you THINK... I've read several guides on how to install osx and none of them mentioned that, they all say "do not format anything, the installation software will do it" but then they don't say that they mean "you must do it while installing". As a noob (as you say, and as i said in my other post) i didn't know how to solve this, since i didn't even know that in the installation software there was a hdd partition utility. And that for me was a problem, since it made me stuck. I have solved my problem, even if it's a known feature during installation. Cheers Edited January 16, 2007 by Barracus Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38624-installation-problem/#findComment-277043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmegahertz Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 i have an intel platform here which i want to install OSX on, but i also have a problem finding the disk partition, and i don't see the disk under Disk Utility, only the DVD-ROM with the MAC OS X Install disc, what am i doing wrong? and do I need to use VMWARE to get it running? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/38624-installation-problem/#findComment-277214 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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