I only have my MacBook with an internal drive, so I don't see the options (greyed out) but there is a setting to format the drive in either APM or GUID. So when you reformat the drive, just MAE sure the right partition map for either Intel or PPC is selected. -------------------- If my email is short, it's because I'm emailing from my phone. iPhone mail www.apple.com/iPhone On Feb 2, 2008, at 11:34 AM, Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote: > Michael, > > Because I formatted the second internal HD from the install DVD I > now can format that empty HD as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" which > I always have done on this G5. > And how do you "accidentally" format the wrong partition? > > Paul Moortgat > > On 02 Feb 2008, at 16:29, Michael Elliott wrote: > >> Paul >> Just confirming, since I am coming late to his thread, but you're >> sure that you reformatted the drive with the correct partition map? >> Since Intel machines were introduced, its now possible to >> accidentally use the "wrong" partition map. If you do, an install >> of MacOS will go fine but it will never boot, even if you're >> copying a bootable image from another disk. >> >> -------------------- >> If my email is short, it's because I'm emailing from my phone. >> >> iPhone mail >> www.apple.com/iPhone >> >> On Jan 31, 2008, at 4:17 AM, Paul Moortgat >> <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote: >> >>> Last night I started with the OSX DVD, formatted the internal HD >>> (because I couldn't format the HD from Disk Utility) and used CCC, >>> tried to restart with the internal HD with the same NO GO result. >>> >>> Paul Moortgat >>> >>> On 30 Jan 2008, at 01:19, John Baltutis wrote: >>> >>>> On 01/29/08, Paul Moortgat <paul.moortgat at pandora.be> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I tried to copy my external ATA disk with Leopard installed on >>>>> it to >>>>> an internal SATA disk via CCC because SuperDuper isn't ready for >>>>> Leopard. >>>>> It didn't work. CCC can't do it. Any other program that will >>>>> do it? >>>> >>>> That would be a first. Post your problem to the CCC >>>> Troubleshooting forum at >>>> <http://forums.bombich.com/viewforum.php?f=12> and provide the >>>> sailent details >>>> about machine, OS, and configuration. We'll see if we can fix the >>>> problem, >>>> since I've routinely cloned from external HDs to insternal ones >>>> and vice versa >>>> using Leopard w/o issue. >>>> >>>> --Bombich Forums moderator >>> _______________________________________________ >>> X4U mailing list >>> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >>> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >>> >>> Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Pricehttp://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal >> _______________________________________________ >> X4U mailing list >> X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >> http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u >> >> Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Pricehttp://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal >> > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Seven Cent Deals - Great legacy stuff Great Legacy Pricehttp://www.drbott.com/prod/db.lasso?cat=Seven+Cent+Deal