my sata in leopard 10.5.1 not erase

[shir266]

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SATA HDD recognized but i can't format OR erase the maxtor 160gb in disk utiliti
maxtor 160 gb sata
wd 200gb
seget 250 gb
amd 64*2 doal 3800+ 2 Ghz
NVIDIA 6200 LE
ABIT MADERBORD
thank you

[Bing]

i had the same problem with my sata machine

[nfoav8or]

hey guys... I posted something relating to this <a href="http://osx.kbot.de/comments.php?DiscussionID=60">here</a>. Hope this helps or that you can help me.

[naquaada]

If you want to use the complete HD for MacOS, partition it first and then overwrite it with zeroes. If you have an combined MacOS-Windows-HD, try to format the partition for MacOS in FAT32 first (from Windows). but I won't recommend a shared HD.

[shir266]

i try until now nothing i format in fat 32 in xp i put only one sata and
it's not erase
sameone ??
thank you

[Bing]

as cgsheen said "Your motherboard has a nvidia nforce chipset. There's a problem with Zephyroth 10.5.1 and nforce SATA controllers... "

i guess that's the problem with me. i do have a nforce motherboard + sata hdd.

cgsheen's solution is to "insert the proper .kexts into a new Install .iso"

i've got no idea how to do this, so i'm just waiting...

btw, formating the partition for MacOS in FAT32 did't work for me.

[cgsheen]

"cgsheen's solution is to "insert the proper .kexts into a new Install .iso"

Ya... That isn't MY solution... There's no way I could figure out how to do that either. But there ARE some instructions on how to do it on the Forums and the Wiki.

MY solution is to install to an External (USB) hard drive. I just did that on my "3rd working install" (see my sig. @ insanelymac) THEN add the proper SATA .kexts for your internal hardware. ( I know, not everyone has an external drive... It sure makes it easy though! )

[naquaada]

@ bingtheone

I have four boards with nForce 3, nForce 4 and nForce 4 SLI chipset, all are working flawlessly. But I'm always formatting with zeroes te first time, maybe this is the trick.

[Bing]

i tried to erase with zeroes as well, but it just freezes at "preparing..."

what i did is to connect my sata hdd with a external hard drive case, and have that case attached to my pc via usb cable (works the same as external hard drive)

and the installation went smoothly. so i think it should has something to do with the chipset in my case.

but i'm getting Kernel panic every single time i try to boot max os. so i think i'll take some pics next time and see if anybody can help me on this. at the meanwhile, i'm still looking forward to zeph's ver.2.

btw, is it possible to install kext for mac os in windows? i use mac drive to visit the mac partition in windows.

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The Inspiron 531 uses a motherboard manufactured by Gigabyte for Dell. It uses a nVidia nForce 4 chipset with an on-board video card. It also has on-board sound (Realtek) and an on-board gigabit NIC. It has one PCIe x16, One PCIe x1, and two PCI card slots. It has four DIMM memory slots, and four SATA connectors. The 531 motherboard does not support PATA or IDE drives without the use of a third-party controller.

[shir266]

i tried to erase with zeroes as well, but it just freezes at "preparing like naquaada guy
how can i insert the proper .kexts into a new Install .iso
maby i need winiso??
thank you
[the chpset in mathrbord is nvidia mcp55 ]