killerfurbies Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 I need help installing OS X86 10.4.1. The installer just won't the partition that i want to install it on. I basically won't see any partition at all. The partition i made for it is 50 GB and in FAT32 format. Any suggestions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrana Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Try using disk utility under utilities to redo partitions first. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iDerf2006 Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 We did (I was with him), and there was no hard disks or partitions listed under there Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31349 Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnniecarcinogen Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 We did (I was with him), and there was no hard disks or partitions listed under there Not all RAID controllers are supported by os x, especially on atx mobo's. So if you have a raid, try a single hd. If it is an ide drive, try making sure that it is the master on ide channel0 (the first one). I remember someone having a similar problem with a slave drive. Double check your jumpers. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31357 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrunner Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Try using disk utility under utilities to redo partitions first. This is the right answer if you don't mind wiping out all partitions on the HD. If you want to try to save other partitions (for example an existing WinXP install), try to use WinXP diskpart command under console to do a type AF partition: (WinXP, run, cmd): diskpart select disk 0 create partition primary size=6660 id=af (for example the above created a 6660 MB partition of type AF in the first free space available) You may need to use OSX diskutil to erase and repair the type AF partition that is created before it is useable by the install. Some have observed that OSX 10.4.3 install did not allow such an AF partition to be useable as a bootable drive if such partition had been created beyond the 32GB boundary. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31364 Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerfurbies Posted November 27, 2005 Author Share Posted November 27, 2005 This is the right answer if you don't mind wiping out all partitions on the HD. If you want to try to save other partitions (for example an existing WinXP install), try to use WinXP diskpart command under console to do a type AF partition: (WinXP, run, cmd):diskpart select disk 0 create partition primary size=6660 id=af (for example the above created a 6660 MB partition of type AF in the first free space available) You may need to use OSX diskutil to erase and repair the type AF partition that is created before it is useable by the install. Some have observed that OSX 10.4.3 install did not allow such an AF partition to be useable as a bootable drive if such partition had been created beyond the 32GB boundary. ack... we tried to make it 50 GB. even though it was 10.4.1, im guessing it would still apply. and besides, ill be installing 10.4.3 next time iderf comes over. so thanks... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrunner Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 ack... we tried to make it 50 GB. even though it was 10.4.1, im guessing it would still apply. and besides, ill be installing 10.4.3 next time iderf comes over. so thanks... I should point out that this seems to be a limitation of the installation process and not the situation after installation. For example, you can use Acronis True Image to resize or drive copy to a larger partition/drive later on (after installation), it will boot beyond the 32 GB boundary, perhaps even the 128 GB boundary. Acronis True Image was used here because Powerquest/Symantec Drive Image currently will not copy type AF partition. Acronis will NOT resize type AF, but will copy it intact. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theethan77 Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 i'm having the same problem, http://www.nathanbolender.com coolnat says my motherboard's SATA controller isn't recognized by Mac OS X, well I don't know what to do or change, i have a MSI K8N Neo Platinum mobo for AMD 64-bit socket 754 link: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mai...ail.php?UID=572 but i don't know what to change... Symptoms: disk boots fine, but when i get to selecting where to install i have nothing to pick from, i'm using a Samsung 160G hard drive on SATA, i've had Linux Fedora Core 4 dual booting with my copy of WinXP [NOT pirated] and it runs great, so i don't know what to do, like what to try changing and all that? thanks, any help is greatly appreciated Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31647 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrunner Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 don't know what to change... Your is not really the same situation, it is just SATA in Nforce is not recognized by the installation program. The easiest way is to use PATA (IDE) and complete the installation. After that, install the proper kext for the Nforce SATA (if available) then Acronis True image the whole drive over to SATA and see if it is bootable. Not sure if any Nforce SATA is supported even with the new 10.4.3 install. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 No, AppleOnboardPCATA.kext only have support for PATA ports, SATA is no developed at the moment for nForce. Working SATA are on Intel and VIA Chipsets. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
killerfurbies Posted November 28, 2005 Author Share Posted November 28, 2005 I should point out that this seems to be a limitation of the installation process and not the situation after installation. For example, you can use Acronis True Image to resize or drive copy to a larger partition/drive later on (after installation), it will boot beyond the 32 GB boundary, perhaps even the 128 GB boundary. Acronis True Image was used here because Powerquest/Symantec Drive Image currently will not copy type AF partition. Acronis will NOT resize type AF, but will copy it intact.uhh... i know that i used bootit ng and the diskpart that's integrated into windows xp.i didnt use acronis, unless acronis is some slang term for something in windows... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-31964 Share on other sites More sharing options...
theethan77 Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 well here's the thing, i bought a 160G SATA hard drive, and it only has SATA and SATA power ports, no IDE ports come on SATA hard drives. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-32035 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrunner Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 uhh... i know that i used bootit ng and the diskpart that's integrated into windows xp.i didnt use acronis, unless acronis is some slang term for something in windows... http://www.acronis.com/ Third party partition tools. I have nothing to do with them, but their True Image is the only Windows tool that can copy WinXP as well as Mac OSX type AF partition (as well as Linux) at the moment. It also can back up your OSX partition or drive so that you don't have to start from scratch installing, just in case something happens to the OSX partition. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/4926-help-installing/#findComment-32043 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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