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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / May 2007No Drive To Install OS To?
I was given a G4 tower without hardrive or OS. So i'm trying to install a hardrive and load OS X. I get through the installation to the point where it asks me to select the drive I want the OS to go onto, but there arent' any drives to select. The box is empty. Do I have to format the hardrive in another computer before I load the OS onto it? Any advice at all is appreciated. Thanks! > I was given a G4 tower without hardrive or OS. So i'm trying to > install a hardrive and load OS X. I get through the installation to > the point where it asks me to select the drive I want the OS to go > onto, but there arent' any drives to select. The box is empty. Do I > have to format the hardrive in another computer before I load the OS > onto it? Any advice at all is appreciated. Thanks! If you have retail install discs for OS X and have booted from that disc then use Disk Utility to format the drive first. You do not have to use another computer to do so. When selecting the disk format use HFS+ (extended).  Signature"Momma always said, "Stupid is as stupid does."" -Forest Gump "You can't fix stupid." -Jim White, local radio personality > I was given a G4 tower without hardrive or OS. So i'm trying to > install a hardrive and load OS X. I get through the installation to > the point where it asks me to select the drive I want the OS to go > onto, but there arent' any drives to select. The box is empty. Do I > have to format the hardrive in another computer before I load the OS > onto it? Any advice at all is appreciated. Thanks! You can partition or intialize the drive using Disk Utility while booted from the installer CD. But if the installer can't see any drives, there's a good chance that you have a hardware problem, such as an incorrectly jumpered drive, a bad IDE cable or power connector, or a defective built-in disk controller. Some gift horses have no teeth. |
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