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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 |