Ken Iovino Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Hey everyone! This is my first time trying this, and I've been trying to install the OSx86 10.4.3 on my laptop for a few days now, but running into this problem. Every time I load up the OSx install, it can not see any of my partitions. So I'm obviously doing something dumb or wrong. Right now I have 110 gig unallocated partition. I have the Gparted LiveCD and I've been trying many different partitions but with no luck. Could someone be so kind to tell me how I can setup my OSx86 partition the right way using the LiveCD? My laptop is empty which is fine, as I want to do a fresh install for Vista and Osx with dual boot. I have an HP Pavilion dv6000 Intel 1.6g, 1gig DDR and 110g-hd. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbmkgd Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 Look for devilhood's guide in the Tutorials (GeniusBar) subforum. (In short, you could begin with a primary fat32 partition for osx, which you'll then need to treat with osx's install dvd's DiskUtility... it's in the above popular guide). Also, you might want to get a more up-to-date install dvd, eg jas' 10.4.8, or a recent 10.4.9 kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Iovino Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 Thanks cbmkgd, I'm starting over using this tutorial: http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=39253 Lets see how it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Iovino Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 I'm still having the same problem. Every time I boot into OSX to do the install, it ask me to select the destination and there are no partitions to choose from. I've tried EVERY type of partition using LiveCD. I don't even care at this point if Windows is installed or not. I would just like to install OSX and go from there. Why won't OSX recognize any of the partitions I setup? Please can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? EVERY tutorial is telling me different methods for partitioning. I have my Vista recovery that isn't working either. I'm getting really frustrated and would just like to get this working. Thanks! This is where I'm stuck: Step 5. Convert your partition for OSX. Now you should see the screen “Select a destination”, and it’s empty. Now on top of the screen, go to Utilities->Disk Utility The only thing showing in the Disk Utility is the DVD Rom drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Iovino Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 Okay I got this working by f10ing into the bios and disabling SATA support. I feel dumb! Time to get the wireless working now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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