-illusionz- Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Basically, I downloaded a Leopard AMD 10.5.1 version. I partitioned off a 10gb chunk of unallocated space. No matter what I try, when I get the install screen up, it doesn't have that partition as a choice to install Leopard in. Can anyone provide some support? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesomo Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 yes if u have partitioned before the install verify the whole disk and if that does not work unpartition and partition during install Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670060 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 That's the point, when I use the disk utility, only the DVD Drive shows up, and nothing else. It's not even selectable to reformat. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670062 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 i thimk u unmount it, ,if it is not mounted, it will not show. right click and mount Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 What? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 did you understood me! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesomo Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 thats really weird did you partition before the install? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 What I did was I partitioned off like a 10gb chunk of my hard drive space, making it unallocated. When I go into the installation, no Hard Disk drives show up for available use. Did I do something wrong, or is my hardware just not supported? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670547 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Baron Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 Use the Ultimate Boot CD, boot up and format your partition (10gb) as fat-32. Should show up then, and you can use Disk Utility to format hfs+. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 I tried formatting it as FAT32, still doesn't show up. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 I tried using GParted, still didn't work. Does it matter if the unallocated space is in the middle of two partitions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670811 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup3rst4r Posted March 17, 2008 Share Posted March 17, 2008 im having the same problem! When it comes to the disk utility part i have no drives showing up..... im having to boot the dvd from an external usb drive as all my drives are sata and i was getting "Still waiting for device etc".... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670834 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 17, 2008 Author Share Posted March 17, 2008 Well, I don't get it. Maybe my hardware just isn't supported. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-670844 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Hm. I tried using Tiger, hoping that it would detect that drive. I accidentally left my iPod plugged in too. The disk utility saw my dvd drive and my usb iPod, but not my hard drive partitions for some reason. I have a usb hard Drive... Too bad there wasn't a way to install it on there and boot from that since my bios doesn't let me boot from usb Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-672319 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricki Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 use this "create partition primary id=af" without "" then it will mount Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-672355 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Am I supposed to put that in terminal? Thats not a terminal command. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-672418 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sup3rst4r Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 no thats a cmd prompt command to set the partition as apple format, but thats not the problem anyway and yes i have already done it Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-672481 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Hm. I guess it just doesn't support my hard drive. Pisses me off, I really wanted to do it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-672504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlyn Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 im having the same problem! When it comes to the disk utility part i have no hd drives dvd drive showing up is there any other program to run for sata hd Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-672540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-illusionz- Posted March 18, 2008 Author Share Posted March 18, 2008 Bleh. I see my DVD Drive, but not my HD. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-672551 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeongx Posted March 18, 2008 Share Posted March 18, 2008 Everyone who doesn't see there hard drive on disk utility, it means that your hard drive isn't supported, and the only way to install Mac OSX is to get an extra internal or external IDE hard drive. my sata hard drive doesn't get detected too! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-672593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSn1™ Posted March 19, 2008 Share Posted March 19, 2008 Got the same issue with Leopard. But it was working with Tiger! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-673632 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joaquinmik Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 in some place i read that leopard makes a disk check when is loading the installer, if the disk is damaged, it wont show on disk utility.... :censored2: i have the same problem, my hdd has a lot of defect blocks... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-894007 Share on other sites More sharing options...
VuN86 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 that can't be right, i think it is an incompatibility problem too. i have a brand new seagate 500gb and it is not being detected either. BLAH! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/94023-getting-a-disk-to-show-up-to-install-on/#findComment-1013427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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