chiefsalami Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 Hello all, I burned a copy of the JaS 4.2b patched 10.4.3 installation DVD, and can boot the machine from it, but cannot install it on my laptop because the hard drive is not seen during installation. I have a SATA internal drive, and I read that the JaS 4.2b patch provides support for SATA, both during installation and for booting after install. Yet, I am not even able to see the drive, even with Disk Utility. I tired the DVD in another laptop with an IDE hard drive, and the installation can see the drive just fine. Can someone please help? Am I doing something wrong, or do I need to do something else to get this working? thanks! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefsalami Posted January 26, 2006 Author Share Posted January 26, 2006 (edited) please help, folks! In case it helps, the machine is a Gateway CX-200X: Centrino 1.87 GHz processor Intel 915GM mainboard ATI Radeon X600 video 80GB 5400rpm SATA drive Edited January 26, 2006 by chiefsalami Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/#findComment-48966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinksilver Posted January 26, 2006 Share Posted January 26, 2006 if you did a bit of searching you would know it has to do with that fact that you hd is currently formated in NTFS, if you open the disk utility during install, and remove the windows partition (if you are feeling brave), or read one of the guides about duel booting. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/#findComment-49013 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefsalami Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 (edited) I'm trying to say that the hard drive is not seen AT ALL. No partition is seen, including the NTFS ones. Also, I mean that this is occurring during using the "Disk Utility". No hard drive is even seen so I can't do a partition/format so the installation program has a drive to install onto. Edited January 27, 2006 by chiefsalami Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/#findComment-49060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefsalami Posted January 27, 2006 Author Share Posted January 27, 2006 Guys, can anyone help here? Anyone experienced this problem? How did you solve it? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/#findComment-49374 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiaboliK Posted January 27, 2006 Share Posted January 27, 2006 it may be that your sata dosent have a supported driver yet. the best thing to do now is try and install it to an external hd via firewire or usb. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/#findComment-49443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
computersteve Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I am having the same exact problem i have the same computer to.... does any one know the motherboard of the computer so far i know it is a hannstar motherboard but i need a bios for it... any help would be great.. thanks. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/#findComment-49551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefsalami Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 OK, I was able to install the system through VMWare, and specifying the hard drive to be the actual system partition on my SATA drive. However, of course, when I reboot from the OS X partition, it still says "waiting for root device". It is obviously not loading the driver. I tried running the system through VMWare, and running "sudo kextload AppleIntel915.kext", since my motherboard is a 915 chipset. This didn't help. I also saw mention of the AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext working, and see it is being loaded during boot, but can't seem to find where it is actually stored. It is not in the Extensions folder. Does anyone know how to have the OS load the Intel SATA driver during boot? If I can get this to happen, it should take care of it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/#findComment-50312 Share on other sites More sharing options...
manbo Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 The problem for me is Advanced Host Controller Interface (ACHI). When I installed 10.4.3 DVD I had to go to BIOS and change my SATA operations to good old ATA. Then installation will see the previously invisible HD and install. After installation, download the new 10.4.4 extensions and copy the 2 new ACHI kexts as discussed somewhere in this forum. Then you can reset your BIOS to SATA and osx will boot. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/#findComment-50744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefsalami Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 I don't have any options like that in my BIOS. The BIOS is actually pretty limited. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/7803-installing-jas-patched-1043-dvd-on-laptop-with-sata-hard-drive/#findComment-50832 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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