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install osx on a blank drive...?
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have a used ibook.
everything seems to work on it (hardware, etc) except...
there's no os.
tried to install from the osx 10.3 cd.
tried to erase the volume, anything.
it's named 0s10; greyed out in disk utility, and not seen (not mounted) when i go to install.
any ideas??
yikes!
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"At first, there was Nothing. Then Nothing inverted itself and became Something.
And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Sounds like a corrupt OS install. The first thing I can think of off the top of my head is:
Boot the iBook into Firewire Target Disk mode
Connect via firewire cable to another mac.
It's drive should pop up on the desktop of the hosting mac.
Open Disk Utility and erase/format the iBook's drive from the other mac.
You should then have a completely blank drive in your iBook and should then be able to install the OS from the install CD. Best of luck.
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tried that. nothing mounts...as there is nothing on the drive.
anything else to try?
thanx!
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And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Did you try a low level, 0&1 reformat?
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Originally posted by gsxrboy:
Did you try a low level, 0&1 reformat?
On the same idea, have you checked disktool through the terminal to see if the system can see the drive (but just isn't mounting it ?)
Terminal: type 'disktool -l' ... this will list all drives available to the system and their format.
If the iBook's drive shows up in the list, you may be able to forcibly mount it by typing 'disktool -m <drive designator here>' (eg. disk0s5, disk0s3, etc)
Otherwise, you may have a hosed drive. I ruined an external once by aborting a disk erase mid-stream (and yes, I was warned that it may render the disk unusable ... so it was my own fault). Never worked again after that.  Maybe the prior owner did the same ??
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after everything else...
i tried zero'ing the drive.
now i suspect i will need the ibook cds to do this
(as opposed to the retail cds i have now)
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And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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