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help installing snow leopard
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? |
Click the "tools" (I think) bar on the menubar. Click Disk Utilities, and format your HD to HFS+
Then choose the HDD. http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/660...90930at514.png http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/660...90930at514.png |
the problem is that i cant see any drive to format
i can only see the usb stick any idea? |
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.
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where can i download this kexts maybe i have missed this steep
thanks thorazine74 |
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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 |
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 |
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.
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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 |
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, 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 or this other one from sigmaris 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. |
hej thanks guys i finaly managed to install sl it was the kexts i used the wrong ones
thanks for your suport ;) |