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SportsGuy
05-06-2009, 02:02 AM
I finally got my dvd to boot up, and now am looking to install leopard.
I made a partition in Windows before, and it is set as unallocated.
When I boot up the dvd, there are all of my partitions, but the one I made for os x shows up a "Free Space"
Is there anyway to use this to install it?
SportsGuy
05-06-2009, 08:44 PM
bump. does anyone know how to make it installable?
SportsGuy
05-06-2009, 09:50 PM
okay, here's a picture:
http://i40.tinypic.com/157yvzq.jpg
SportsGuy
05-07-2009, 09:25 PM
Okay, does anyone know? It's all I need to install it
please?
thorazine74
05-08-2009, 09:31 AM
I think you cant install it on there, check the Erase tab, if you can erase that partition from there but I think it wont be available, I think only HFS+ partitions types are valid for that, not free space.
Typically you need to create an HFS+ partition type, not an emtpy partition type, you can do that with windows I think but I dont know the exact details. You can do it with third party partition managers like Parted Magic (you can create HFS+ partitions straight) or Acronis Disk Director (you can create custom partition types, you need to create one type 0xAF IIRC, it will show as a weird name, but as long as its 0xAF type its alright).
JoesMorgue
05-10-2009, 01:59 PM
You want to run Disk Utilities, it should be in the pulldown to the left of help (I can't remember the name)
I think this will help you get to the window picutred above.
I finally got my dvd to boot up, and now am looking to install leopard.
I made a partition in Windows before, and it is set as unallocated.
When I boot up the dvd, there are all of my partitions, but the one I made for os x shows up a "Free Space"
Is there anyway to use this to install it?