georgeshen Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 I can boot install Mac osx 10.4.3 patched Maxxuss from DVD , but Mac disk utility can not find the hard disk,only DVD Rom i can choose. What's the matter? Help me! What can i do? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4778-i-can-boot-install-mac-osx-1043-patched-maxxuss-but-mac-can-not-find-the-hard-diskonly-dvd-rom-i-can-choose/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brywalker Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 I have heard the following. SATA drives will not work unless they are on a 9xx chipset (and with scripting, I think) If it is IDE you have to have both devices on the same IDE chain. Master = HDD / Slave = DVD Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4778-i-can-boot-install-mac-osx-1043-patched-maxxuss-but-mac-can-not-find-the-hard-diskonly-dvd-rom-i-can-choose/#findComment-30376 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasch Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Have you partitioned the drive for instalation? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4778-i-can-boot-install-mac-osx-1043-patched-maxxuss-but-mac-can-not-find-the-hard-diskonly-dvd-rom-i-can-choose/#findComment-30381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
i1sam Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 I can boot install Mac osx 10.4.3 patched Maxxuss from DVD , but Mac disk utility can not find the hard disk,only DVD Rom i can choose. What's the matter? Help me! What can i do? yes.. just like jasch said... before going further with the installation... partition 1st the hhd using disk utility inside the installation process... then you can proceed.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4778-i-can-boot-install-mac-osx-1043-patched-maxxuss-but-mac-can-not-find-the-hard-diskonly-dvd-rom-i-can-choose/#findComment-30471 Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeshen Posted November 24, 2005 Author Share Posted November 24, 2005 I have built the Mac partition as Primary with PQ in Win xp platform, and set the type=af, but still can't find the HDD, maybe my HD is SATA not IDE Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4778-i-can-boot-install-mac-osx-1043-patched-maxxuss-but-mac-can-not-find-the-hard-diskonly-dvd-rom-i-can-choose/#findComment-30526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
poursoul Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I am assuming you have tried using the Hard Disk Utility on the install portion. If not, I would reccomend using that to partition your drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4778-i-can-boot-install-mac-osx-1043-patched-maxxuss-but-mac-can-not-find-the-hard-diskonly-dvd-rom-i-can-choose/#findComment-30530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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