stcollins88 Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 Im having a serious issue with installing MacOS 10.4.8 Jas on my PC, it picks up my harddrive - but when i go to format the partition it gives me the following error (In screen shot) I've tried all different sized partitions, fat32, ntfs, ms dos everything! Just keeps coming up Failed... =( Here is my hardware: AMD Athlon x2 5200+ 4GB DDR2 800Mhz 160GB Harddisk dual partitioned with XP x64 on other partition Nvidia 7100GS Nforce 4 Gigabyte GA-M55SLI Motherboard Is there anyway to manually partition and format using the command function in the installer? Here is the screen shot: http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/7017/19082007089xo6.jpg Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean B. Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 I am having the exact same problem, I posted last night but no one has replied to it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-431655 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stcollins88 Posted August 20, 2007 Author Share Posted August 20, 2007 How annoyin... Does anyone have any idea? lol Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-431802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonestonne Posted August 20, 2007 Share Posted August 20, 2007 two things you can try: 1) partitioning with other software in XP 2) changing the disks mode. sometimes you need to set the SATA disk to IDE mode for it to work properly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-431828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean B. Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Do you have any recommendations on what to use, I have tried to use PartedMagic, the Linux live cd with Gparted and that doesn't work either. I will try to the ide mode. Not sure if my motherboard will let me swap it from being seen as sata to IDE. Thanks, Dean Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-431914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedfreak9 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Hi , i have a similar problem , the install detects my hdd(ide) , it sees the fat32 partition , i select it on the left, select mac osx estended(journaled), click erase , it sais its erasing the disk but after it finishes the disk is still fat32. My OS is the JaS 10.4.8. I have previously instaled this OS using wmware workstion 6 and it worked just fine. could you please help me? thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 How big is the hard drive? Over 120gb?... Mine is 200gb and i get this error sometime too. When i format it, it only formats and makes available 127gigs or somethin like that. And what i have to do to avoid this error is just choose to format the unpartitioned space and that fixes it all for me, it should be called disk0s1 or something similar to that if your over that fore mentioned space Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432081 Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedfreak9 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 its 80 gb but the fat32 partition is 11gb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaE-V Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 its 80 gb but the fat32 partition is 11gb have you tried formating the drive in windows? u can just boot off an xp installation disk or anything similar and format it ntfs then take it back to the mac disk utility and give that a shot afterwards Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedfreak9 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 no i havent tried that , i will try it right now , thanks LE:it did not work, maybe i need to change a setting in the bios? , i also have a sata drive conected , maybe thats interfering , that cant be because it doesnt even detect it. Is there a way i can format the partion to mac osx estended(journaled) using a windows program or a live cd program? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432091 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhoh Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Hi , i have a similar problem , the install detects my hdd(ide) , it sees the fat32 partition , i select it on the left, select mac osx estended(journaled), click erase , it sais its erasing the disk but after it finishes the disk is still fat32. My OS is the JaS 10.4.8. I have previously instaled this OS using wmware workstion 6 and it worked just fine.could you please help me? thanks Don't use Disk Utility's "Erase" function, use "Partition" instead ... like so: In the left column (list of drives/partitions), click the drive (not the partition) once to highlight it. From the tabs up top, click in "Partition" Once you're in the "Partition" tab, choose "HFS Extended (Journaled)" Click the "Options" button and choose "Master Boot Record" Re-partition the drive Close Disk Utility Once you're back in the installer, you should now be able to select the drive and continue the installation. HTH Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432103 Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedfreak9 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 hi , thanks for the reply but i also have win xp instaled on the first partition an want to do a dual boot using acronis os selector. will this metod erase my xp instalation? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stcollins88 Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 Don't use Disk Utility's "Erase" function, use "Partition" instead ... like so: * In the left column (list of drives/partitions), click the drive (not the partition) once to highlight it. * From the tabs up top, click in "Partition" * Once you're in the "Partition" tab, choose "HFS Extended (Journaled)" * Click the "Options" button and choose "Master Boot Record" * Re-partition the drive * Close Disk Utility Once you're back in the installer, you should now be able to select the drive and continue the installation. Will this work for my problem? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432154 Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted blatino Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 so do you go to utitlities , disk utilities, then erase, then choose hfs mac os extended , then install? dont choose partition if it gives you that error Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432159 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhoh Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 Will this work for my problem? It should ... I had a similar problem on my machine, and choosing "Partition" finally did the trick. Make sure you go into options and select "Master Boot Record". so do you go to utitlities , disk utilities, then erase, then choose hfs mac os extended , then install? dont choose partition if it gives you that error It should be the other way around. Use "Partition", not "Erase" ... at least that's what worked on both of my Shuttles (one with an IDE drive, the other with SATA) :censored2: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432166 Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted blatino Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 oh , i was assuming he already partitioned his drive with a partitioning software like boot magic, then all you would have to do is erase to hfs Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432173 Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedfreak9 Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 I finaly instaled Mac OS on my pc , i just had to format the partition to fat32 logical(primary did not work). My thanks to this great forum All i need now are some network and audio drivers.Hope i will find them soon. cheers Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432200 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean B. Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Don't use Disk Utility's "Erase" function, use "Partition" instead ... like so: In the left column (list of drives/partitions), click the drive (not the partition) once to highlight it. From the tabs up top, click in "Partition" Once you're in the "Partition" tab, choose "HFS Extended (Journaled)" Click the "Options" button and choose "Master Boot Record" Re-partition the drive Close Disk Utility Once you're back in the installer, you should now be able to select the drive and continue the installation. HTH :censored2: I tried to do that and after about an hour it get operations has timed out. Any other ideas? Thanks, Dean Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-432972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhoh Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I tried to do that and after about an hour it get operations has timed out. Any other ideas? At what point exactly does it time out - choosing a disk in "Disk Utility.app", partitioning, trying to find a disk to install to in "Installer.app", during the installation process itself? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-433301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean B. Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 At what point exactly does it time out - choosing a disk in "Disk Utility.app", partitioning, trying to find a disk to install to in "Installer.app", during the installation process itself? It times out while it is partitioning. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-433404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalunderground Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I used Partition Magic to create the partitions and initially format them (NTFS for XP, Reiserfs for Linux, and FAT32 for Mac). When you boot from the JaS 10.4.X DVD, you can format the Mac partition for Journaled HFS+ either in the disk utility program or within a Terminal session - your choice. That was ultimately easier to get a triple boot system running than screwing around with the format utilities in Windows or Linux. When you format the partition for Mac, be sure to use the MBR option - if you don't, GRUB won't pick up that there's a Mac Partition there and you'll be forced to boot it from either the Mac Bootloader, or from Windoze XP's bootloader. Also, I used GRUB as my OS selector rather than Acronis - - avoided A LOT of headaches that way. GRUB rules! DigitalUnderGround Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-433421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean B. Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I used Partition Magic to create the partitions and initially format them (NTFS for XP, Reiserfs for Linux, and FAT32 for Mac). When you boot from the JaS 10.4.X DVD, you can format the Mac partition for Journaled HFS+ either in the disk utility program or within a Terminal session - your choice. That was ultimately easier to get a triple boot system running than screwing around with the format utilities in Windows or Linux. When you format the partition for Mac, be sure to use the MBR option - if you don't, GRUB won't pick up that there's a Mac Partition there and you'll be forced to boot it from either the Mac Bootloader, or from Windoze XP's bootloader. Also, I used GRUB as my OS selector rather than Acronis - - avoided A LOT of headaches that way. GRUB rules! DigitalUnderGround I have tried to partition as a fat 32, primary and logical and still a no go, I am using the upchuck 10.4.9 1.4 r3 dvd, should I be using JaS??? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-433430 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhoh Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Well, consider me stumped. I've never even heard of Disk Utility timing out during the partitioning process. The only things I can think of are either a slightly corrupt installation DVD or some problem with the disk you are trying to install OS X on. If you have the chance, I'd recommend re-downloading the installation DVD or attempting the install on another HD. Sorry I can't be more helpful here Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-433829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameking21 Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 well after i formated and installed my hdd has gone missing it is not showing in bios and i can reformat or any thing because it doesnt show any where Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-434205 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean B. Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Well, consider me stumped. I've never even heard of Disk Utility timing out during the partitioning process. The only things I can think of are either a slightly corrupt installation DVD or some problem with the disk you are trying to install OS X on. If you have the chance, I'd recommend re-downloading the installation DVD or attempting the install on another HD. Sorry I can't be more helpful here Alrighty then, thanks for all the help, hopefully redownloading will fix it. Thanks again, Dean Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/60771-harddrive-problems/#findComment-434398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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