theushm Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 I have a notebook and I want to install MacOsX86 on it. I've downloaded Jas.10.4.8.SSE2.SSE3 and burned the image. The problem is that when I get to the "Install Destination" (or something like that) my HD isn't seen by the installer, so I can't proceed... I've tried entering the Bios and changing from SATA Raid to SATA, but I don't have this option. The Bios only informs me that I have a SATA HD... I've just bought the notebook and I'm kinda short on money, so I can't afford a new IDE or PATA. Is there any way to install on it? By The Way, the HD is a Western Digital and my motherboard chipset is Intel 940GML Thanks in advance! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48346-sata-hd-isnt-seen-by-the-installer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
neodorian Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Yeah, I have a mobo with a P965 chipset. No dice getting it to see any of my drives either. I've tried partitions on my SATA drive, USB drive, VMware virtual drives...still nothing. I know I'm just missing something stupid but I haven't been able to figure it out or get any tips. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48346-sata-hd-isnt-seen-by-the-installer/#findComment-346284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizixpro Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 on the top menu click utillitys (when you get to that step) scroll down to disk utillity then you should see alll you HD/DVD drives in the disk utillity box. the click your sata Hd then you must partition it to a mac partition i used a small 12 gig partition and used the other hd for windows. now if your using vmware just partition you virtual drive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48346-sata-hd-isnt-seen-by-the-installer/#findComment-346286 Share on other sites More sharing options...
analographi Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 Hi, download the JAS with bikerdude diskutil and ICH7r patch and be sure that you have your SATA drives on "AHCI" mode in BIOS. you could also patch your JAS with the mentioned patches yourself. but this didn't work for me. I have the ICH8R chipset.. i don't know why it works with the ICH7R prepatched JAS. There is also a ICH8r patch around, check demon site. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48346-sata-hd-isnt-seen-by-the-installer/#findComment-346297 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dong Posted April 13, 2007 Share Posted April 13, 2007 A working around is "From VMware to Native install", ie, install in VMware first to a virtual disk (choose IDE) then add the physical disk and boot the VMware with a Linux live CD and use "dd" to copy it from the virtual partition (hda1) to your destination of physical partition (something like sda1). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48346-sata-hd-isnt-seen-by-the-installer/#findComment-346308 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theushm Posted April 14, 2007 Author Share Posted April 14, 2007 on the top menu click utillitys (when you get to that step) scroll down to disk utillity then you should see alll you HD/DVD drives in the disk utillity box. the click your sata Hd then you must partition it to a mac partition i used a small 12 gig partition and used the other hd for windows. now if your using vmware just partition you virtual drive. I've already made a partition (FAT32) using Acronis. When I enter this Disk Utility my whole HD has its name on a dark grey. But the 2 partitions have their names on a light grey... Can I select the partition and keep on installing? I mean, select it, erase it as MacOsX Journaled? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48346-sata-hd-isnt-seen-by-the-installer/#findComment-346769 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatman Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 Yes, select the partition you formated with FAT32 under Acronis. Then erase it with Mac OS X journaled. Leave the disk util and try if OS X is now accepting the created partition as boot partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48346-sata-hd-isnt-seen-by-the-installer/#findComment-346838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neodorian Posted April 14, 2007 Share Posted April 14, 2007 I'll try the bikerdude patch because when I do it from vmware, the only drive that shows up is the virtual CD where I mounted the install DVD image. I don't even see my USB where I made the virtual drive or anything on my SATA drive at all. Also have the ICH8R chipset. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48346-sata-hd-isnt-seen-by-the-installer/#findComment-346897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatman Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 Sorry for asking. But AFAIK you have to declare space on the harddrive to be used within VMWare. Do this in the configuration of your virtual machine. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/48346-sata-hd-isnt-seen-by-the-installer/#findComment-347475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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