a7medmido Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 hi m8s i'm trying to install OSx86 10.6.0 on my PC But it take a lifetime formating my hdd to HFS+ i left it for about 2 hours and still no progress at all tried it so many times and still no change my pc specs Processor : Core i7 920 Mb: Asus P6T Ram : OCZ 3x2 Gb DDR3 1600 GHZ ( i remove one of them when trying to install OSx86) HDD : OCZ SSD Vertex 2 50Gb GPU : HD5850 Ref MAC OS X Edition : 10.6.0 Retail EFI loader : Empire EFI Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 But it take a lifetime formating my hdd to HFS+i left it for about 2 hours and still no progress at all What did you use to format your HDD? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1571356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 What did you use to format your HDD? Disk Utility and I Deleted all the HDD Partions from Windows (un allocated space) can u recommend a specific program to format the HDD?? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1571505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangten Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 GPU : HD5850 Ref MAC OS X Edition : 10.6.0 Retail Thats not compatible you need at least 10.6.4 and possibly graphics update. With the correct "boot" loader. Try [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 2.5 Unified Graphics Support Then you should be able to install try following this method here. Thanks, tonymac Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1571513 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 GPU : HD5850 RefMAC OS X Edition : 10.6.0 Retail Thats not compatible you need at least 10.6.4 and possibly graphics update. With the correct "boot" loader. Try [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] 2.5 Unified Graphics Support Then you should be able to install try following this method here. Thanks, tonymac I am already stuck at formating the SSD i think that the HD5850 is not relevant to this problem at all but it will be useful when i'm done installing MAC OS X thanks for help and if u have any idea plz inform me thanks in advance Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1571731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro17 Posted October 28, 2010 Share Posted October 28, 2010 can u recommend a specific program to format the HDD?? Yes: http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=06316 You need a primary (active) partition formatted as HFS+ Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1571855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 28, 2010 Author Share Posted October 28, 2010 Yes: http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=06316 You need a primary (active) partition formatted as HFS+ i formated the SSD with this program as HFS+ but i can't select this HDD to install mac on in Mac OS although it is formated by HFS+ (not jornaled) cuz i can't find it in parted magic and i used [url="http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/279450-why-insanelymac-does-not-support-tonymacx86/"]#####[/url] and mac os still read the SSD as an external drive Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1571991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Help plz guys Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572479 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dothacker Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Solid State Drive? What does your bios settings say? try setting it to AHCI Native SATA. Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572554 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Solid State Drive? What does your bios settings say? try setting it to AHCI Native SATA. what do u mean "bios settings say" ?? Sata mode is already AHCI Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572611 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 what do u mean "bios settings say" ??Sata mode is already AHCI hello, did you try another SATA Cable and SATA Slot ??? CooSee ' Ya Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572621 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 hello, did you try another SATA Cable and SATA Slot ??? CooSee ' Ya i tried several HDDs with different cables and slots still being read as an external drive Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572624 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 i tried several HDDs with different cables and slotsstill being read as an external drive what about BIOS Update ??? did you have another OS installed ? if you can, please try a Linux Version, SysrescueCD ! and try to format your HD, to see if there's a similar Problem ! check the ' dmesg ' output, like : dmesg | grep sd CooSee ' Ya Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572638 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 what about BIOS Update ??? did you have another OS installed ? if you can, please try a Linux Version, SysrescueCD ! and try to format your HD, to see if there's a similar Problem ! check the ' dmesg ' output, like : dmesg | grep sd CooSee ' Ya I Already tried magic parted but it only formates the SSD as HFS+ ( Not Journaled ) so i can't install mac os x on it does this one make any differance check the ' dmesg ' output, like : dmesg | grep sd can u explain further ?? Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572641 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I Already tried magic partedbut it only formates the SSD as HFS+ ( Not Journaled ) so i can't install mac os x on it does this one make any differance check the ' dmesg ' output, like : dmesg | grep sd can u explain further ?? here : dmesg explanation ! if there's is a Hardware Problem, Linux will show you ! maybe you should try this Version: PartedMagic !!! CooSee ' Ya Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572663 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 here : dmesg explanation ! if there's is a Hardware Problem, Linux will show you ! maybe you should try this Version: PartedMagic !!! CooSee ' Ya i don't understand a thing from this can u tell me what's wrong :pirate2: is it from Hdds or mac os ? and how do i solve it Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 i don't understand a thing from this biggrin.gifcan u tell me what's wrong smile.gif is it from Hdds or mac os ? and how do i solve it this is really strange ! what about BIOS, it's a current one ??? and maybe there's a Firmware Update for the SSD !!! with PartedMagic, please look if there are all the modules you need for ' hfs+ ' : type : lsmod | grep hfs did you ever installed any kind of OS on this SDD ? CooSee ' Ya Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 this is really strange ! what about BIOS, it's a current one ??? and maybe there's a Firmware Update for the SSD !!! with PartedMagic, please look if there are all the modules you need for ' hfs+ ' : type : did you ever installed any kind of OS on this SDD ? CooSee ' Ya Bios version is the current one ssd update is the current i'll try this in terminal ASAP i've installed Windows on this SSD many times Edit : i tried it and nothing happens Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1572917 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Bios version is the current onessd update is the current i'll try this in terminal ASAP i've installed Windows on this SSD many times Edit : i tried it and nothing happens ok, please try just : lsmod and look if there's anything with ' hfs ', if not then you can load this modules : modprobe hfs and modprobe hfs+ i don't know if ' macdrive ' can create HFS+ Partitions ! did you try to install with only one SSD connected ? in BIOS deactivate all the ' serial ' and unneeded stuff. i'am really curious, why your kitten don't want to play with you !!! CooSee ' Ya Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1573118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a7medmido Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 I have formatted the ssd as hfs+ But it is not journaled so I cant install Mac os on it Don't u know how to enable journaling without disk utility Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1573201 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CooSee Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 I have formatted the ssd as hfs+ But it is not journaled so I cant install Mac os on it Don't u know how to enable journaling without disk utility i read somewhere that ' journaling ' format with Linux is not possible !!! when you about to format inside the OSX installation, what does the ' Installer Log ' say ??? there's really something wrong ! is there any ' IDE ' Hardware in your System ??? CooSee ' Ya Quote Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/235531-proplem-installing-osx86-with-sata-hdds/#findComment-1574606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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