jassh Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Hi there all, Good day everyone. after changing a few hardware her and there on my x86, i finally got the osx 86 to show me it's GUI for the first time. After it welcomes me to the Mac OSX installer. Then it ask me to agree to the Agreement. Now, i am at the "Select a destination volume to install the Mac OSX software" Problem is, there is nothing to select. FYI, i am installing it on a Fresh blank HDD (wipe it off using dban). Do i need to create a partition? what can i use? i currently have partition magic 8.05. can i use that? thanks in advanced for all the help. Sorry guys, i just notice there is a disc utilities to create a mac partition. Sheeessshhh... (well, at least i have searched the forum before asking..) anyway, appologize for the inconvinience... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5118-select-destination-volume-problem/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 1) Is your disk ata or sata? sata may not work so well.. 2) Have you tried using the disk tools utility from the utilies menu in the installer to format the disk, or doesn't that see it either? 3) It *might* help to format beforehand with a linux live cd or possibly partition magic.. any good? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5118-select-destination-volume-problem/#findComment-32531 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jassh Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 1) Is your disk ata or sata? sata may not work so well.. 2) Have you tried using the disk tools utility from the utilies menu in the installer to format the disk, or doesn't that see it either? 3) It *might* help to format beforehand with a linux live cd or possibly partition magic.. any good? Sorry dude, it work just fine. but for those who didnt know, and wanna try installing it on a single fresh HDD, use some tools like dban (search google for it), it'll wipe off the HDD clean. And then, when you reach to the installation screen, dont forget to use the UTILITIES to create a partition. THEN install.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5118-select-destination-volume-problem/#findComment-32557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Great! I'm glad it all worked for you.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5118-select-destination-volume-problem/#findComment-32558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GanTech Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Sorry I'm so slow at this but where do you access the utilities during install? I am at the same point where there is no HD to select. I do I format this sucker?? Thanks, Mark Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5118-select-destination-volume-problem/#findComment-57726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagar Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 look up, see the menu bar.. utilities.. disk util :-D Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/5118-select-destination-volume-problem/#findComment-57727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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