Hi people

I just got iATKOS burned onto a dvd, started the installation process and everything runs fine until the very beginnning when I have to decide where to install Leopard to.
I can't see the sata drive I want to use.

I have Sata1 with windows xp, an ide hard drive( which is the only one displayed when installing leo) and a second SATA where I want to install the OS.

At installation prompt I can't see any of the sata.

Anyone knows what the problem might be?

cheers

Pentium D CPU 2.80 GHZ - 2.79 GHZ
1.00 GB RAM

Hi,

Descibe your PC detailed configurations.

<<< System Summary >>>

> Manufacturer : Packard Bell

> Mainboard : NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL GA-8TRC410M-NF

> Chipset : ATI RS400/RC400/RC410

> Processor : Intel Pentium XE 820 @ 2800 MHz

> Physical Memory : 1024 MB (2 x 512 DDR2-SDRAM )

> Video Card : Nvidia Corp GeForce 7300 SE

> Hard Disk : IC35L120AVVA07-0 (124 GB)

> Hard Disk : MAXTOR (250 GB)

> Hard Disk : ST3160212AS (160 GB)

> DVD-Rom Drive : PHILIPS DVD8801

> Monitor Type : Philips Philips 170C - 17 inches

> Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RT8139 (A/B/C/810x/813x/C+) Fast Ethernet Adapter

> Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3

> DirectX : Version 9.0c (March 2006)

Had a incompatibility with OSX - ATI RS400/RC400/RC410 Chipset.

Your HDDs and DVD are SATA or IDE?

For test: You can try use a External USB DVD Drive to install, but you chipset is fully incompatible with OSX, maybe you'll can't install in this machine.

> Hard Disk : IC35L120AVVA07-0 (124 GB) IDE

> Hard Disk : MAXTOR (250 GB) SATA

> Hard Disk : ST3160212AS (160 GB) SATA

> DVD-Rom Drive : PHILIPS DVD8801 IDE

But how comes the ide hard drive is the only one displayed during installation?

Originally Posted by wiillo

> Hard Disk : IC35L120AVVA07-0 (124 GB) IDE

> Hard Disk : MAXTOR (250 GB) SATA

> Hard Disk : ST3160212AS (160 GB) SATA

> DVD-Rom Drive : PHILIPS DVD8801 IDE

But how comes the ide hard drive is the only one displayed during installation?

Is as I thought, your SATA controller is incompatible with OSX, to install OSX use IDE HDD because as SATA not work.

When you had a OSX installed can search in topics how to activate your SATA controller addind a ID number on IOATAFamily.kext or AppleAHCI.kext

Goodluck,

thank you very much for your help mate

wiillo, please post back if installs works fine for you on IDE HDD. Needing inform that others users can possible have same hardware of you.