[X4U] Boot Camp will not find my disk.

[Hans M]

Stroller wrote:
>
> On 21 Mar 2008, at 14:11, Hans M wrote:
>> ...
>> 2. I mounted the Leopard Install Disk, the message was I could
>>    not install Leopard on my Macbook Pro.
>
> I'm surprised to read this. I would try tracking down this aspect of 
> the problem.
>
I have NO idea... Can it however be the disk is formatted wrong?


>> 3. I connected the MacBook Pro as an external harddisk to my desktop
>>    and installed Leopard on the MacBook Pro.
>>    As the desktop is a PowerPC one, Bootcamp Installer was not
>>    installed in to Tools, but I had save it, so I could copy it back.
>>
>> 4. I booted the MacBook Pro, and started BootCamp Installer.
>>    The manual was fine, but continuing there is a message I can't
>>    install Bootcamp on the hardisk. It has to be reformatted in the
>>    GUID mode, AND WHAT IS THAT?
>>
>> ...
>> Whats' GUID formatting, I can't find that option in the
>> Disk Manager.
>
> Basically, Intel Macs partition hard-drives differently than the way 
> PPC Macs do. I don't think a PPC Mac can format a drive as 
> Intel-bootable, and I don't think one can install an o/s on a drive 
> that has been partitioned by an Intel (at least, not so the o/s is 
> bootable on an Intel).
>
> Basically, you need to use an Intel to install the o/s on your Macbook 
> (ideally by booting the install CD from the machine itself).
>
Yes...but The MacBook Pro did NOT allow the Leopard disk to install .

So there I am...   (still happy, I did manage to restore!)


/Hans.