Shifty102 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 Hi all, I´m quite new at installing Mac on an ordinary pc, so here´s the question: When I boot my Mac OS X 10.4.6 dvd on my laptop, everything goes as normal. I get into the install allright, but when I get to the point of selecting the harddrive to install Mac on, there is nothing listed. I'm trying to install it on my Fujitsu Siemens laptop. It has an AMD 64 Turion X2 processor at 1,6 ghz, 1 gb of DDR2 RAM an ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 and a 80 GB Harddrive. Is there any way to install mac, or is my PC not good enough or is there another issue involved why there are no harddisks listed? I really hope someone can help me out, as I'd love to install OS X on my laptop. Many thanks in advance. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60675-hi-all-i-need-some-help-at-installing-1046-on-my-laptop/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthur_barnhouse Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 http://tgrounds.blogspot.com/2007/05/osx86-on-pc.html As you can see on this tutorial, you need to click the utilities button, and then format your harddrive in HFS+ Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60675-hi-all-i-need-some-help-at-installing-1046-on-my-laptop/#findComment-430870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty102 Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Thanks for the info Arthur, but the problem is that my harddisk is not listed at the Disk Utility screen. :S So, is there another way to install it, or get it to recognize my harddisk? Thanks already Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60675-hi-all-i-need-some-help-at-installing-1046-on-my-laptop/#findComment-430875 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goocy Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 It is possible this issue has been solved in the 10.4.8 release. Maybe you want to download a newer version (10.4.9 is pretty stable). But for the first try, please start installation with -v option and look for errors concerning hard drives. Maybe the -x or -f option could also help you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60675-hi-all-i-need-some-help-at-installing-1046-on-my-laptop/#findComment-430903 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty102 Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Alright I'm now downloading the: 'uphuck_10.4.9_v1.4i_r2' ISO, and I'll also take a look at the -v / -f / -x option's during boot. Thanks alot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60675-hi-all-i-need-some-help-at-installing-1046-on-my-laptop/#findComment-430923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
goocy Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 You'd better not waste your bandwith and download the 1.4a. 1.4i is for intel only... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60675-hi-all-i-need-some-help-at-installing-1046-on-my-laptop/#findComment-431112 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty102 Posted August 19, 2007 Author Share Posted August 19, 2007 Doh I already got it, the download was quite fast. But thanks. Which OS X release do you recommend then? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60675-hi-all-i-need-some-help-at-installing-1046-on-my-laptop/#findComment-431138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
superman1101 Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 you pretty much have the same configuration as my laptop, and im dealing with the same problem... the hard drive won't come up in disk utility. i have the 10.4.8 version of the DVD and it's the same thing... so if anyone knows of a solution to this, i'd be happy to know it thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60675-hi-all-i-need-some-help-at-installing-1046-on-my-laptop/#findComment-431152 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shifty102 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 So, is there anyone who knows of a way to fix this problem? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60675-hi-all-i-need-some-help-at-installing-1046-on-my-laptop/#findComment-432991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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