help installing snow leopard

[rebel6]

i have made the bootable sl usb stick but after i boot it and go to the installation there are any disks i can select only the usb stick

my hd drive is WD SATA

any sugestions?

[x986123]

Click the "tools" (I think) bar on the menubar. Click Disk Utilities, and format your HD to HFS+

Then choose the HDD.

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[rebel6]

the problem is that i cant see any drive to format
i can only see the usb stick
any idea?

[thorazine74]

How did you make the bootable stick? You probably missed to include the necessary kexts that support your SATA controller, if its not supported by OS X you definitely need to do that to see any disks.

[rebel6]

where can i download this kexts maybe i have missed this steep
thanks thorazine74

[x986123]

Here. (http://cid-8b65993ef55cf014.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/.Public/OSx86/Snow%20Leopard/Drivers%20kext%20^5Sterowniki^6/==%20Chipset%20-%20%20SATA%20^0%20IDE%20Controllers%20==?view=deta ils)

[rebel6]

hi i put all driver kextes in extra/extension but it still not working the ony drive i can see is the usb stick
has sombody the same problem

[Gurruwiwi]

Rebel6... please read my SL tutorial, it has many answer to your questions.

For instance, are you on a laptop? If so, DO NOT use Western Digital drives. Apple had major issues with them in real macbooks, I found out the hard way because I bought one and after 20 million attempts, the disk failed. Swapped for a Seagate and installed the first go.

Also another forum member reported the exact same thing!

In Snow Leo, after installing kext to EITHER E/E or S/L/E you must run Kext Utilities and the Repair Permissions

[thorazine74]

The first thing I'd do is find out what sata chipset (maker & model and device id if posible) you have there, then you can find out which exact kext you need, if there's one available.

[rebel6]

i´m using a pc : compaq
my motherboard preferences are:
ASUS PTGD1-LA Socket 775 ATX MB w/P4 3.4GHz

General Features:
Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
Supports up to 3.4 GHz CPU
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.4 GHz pre-installed
Socket 775
ATX Form Factor
800 MHz Front Side Bus
Supports up to 4GB DDR266/333/400
One FDD connector
RealTek ALC650 8-channel audio with Intel High Definition Audio CODEC
Supports 4 Serial ATA devices
Realtek RTL8101L LAN
10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller

Expansion Slots:
One (1) PCI Express x16 graphics PEG slot
Three (3) PCI slots
No AGP slot

I/O Ports:
One (1) parallel port
One (1) video (VGA) port
Two (2) PS/2 ports
One (1) RJ-45 Fast Ethernet LAN port
One (1) IEEE 1394 port
Four (4) USB Ports
Six (6) audio ports support 8-channel audio configuration

Installed Processor:
Intel P4 LGA-775 CPU
3.40 GHz/1M/800

Supported Processors:
Intel LGA-775 CPU
800 MHz FSB
3.4 GHz max

Regulatory Approvals:
FCC
CE
BSMI

Package Includes:
ASUS (HP OEM) Socket 775 Motherboard
Intel Pentium 4 3.4 GHz CPU

Notes:
Model: PTGD1-LA (Grouper)
HP P/N: 5187-7616
No manual or drivers included

[thorazine74]

It looks like your board has Intel ICH6 SATA Controller which I believe it doesnt support AHCI (you could check your BIOS settings just in case you have that option, but I doubt it).
You need a modded version or AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext with support for your ICH6 device id, your best bet would be this one from Dune (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=88335), its for Leopard 10.5.8 but it should work in Snow if you boot in 32 bits (-x32 or arch=i386). Alternatively you could try this other one from netkas (http://netkas.org/?p=125) or this other one from sigmaris (http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=186609) which are built for Snow, but they are probably missing support for ICH6, you would have to add your ICH6 device id to its plist.

[rebel6]

hej thanks guys i finaly managed to install sl it was the kexts i used the wrong ones
thanks for your suport ;)