RobbieS Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 HOw do i know if my partition is ide or ata, is this possibly effecting why it wont work? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43810-ide-ata/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fleaplus Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 In windows you can get the drive name out of the device manager, and then do a web search on that name to find out if the drive is sata or ide. An example of what the part number might look like is WD1200BEVS, which is a western digital brand, sata150 120gb notebook drive. Or you could pull the drive out of the laptop if it has easy access. A sata notebook drive connection will look like two long usb plugs, while an ide notebook drive will have a row of pins. It sounds like the kernel is loading so the error could be that the machines drive controller is unsupported, and the generic ata drivers included with osx aren't able to load either (because it is a sata drive..) What you might end up having to do is either have someone burn you a copy of a newer version of osx (usually the tiger-flat images are older versions like 10.4.3) or do a virtual machine install from windows onto a physical partition of your hard drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43810-ide-ata/#findComment-313175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted February 28, 2007 Share Posted February 28, 2007 Does it say anything in your BIOS? hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/43810-ide-ata/#findComment-313184 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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