Yes, it is formatted as MacOS Extended (Journaled). The jumpers are now set for the drive to be the Master. I'm wondering if there is a conflict because the MacBook's drive is also a Master? Would changing the jumpers to another setting make any difference?
Also, the drive is connected via a device called "SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter," which basically allows you to take an internal drive and connect it directly via USB as an external drive. Don't know if that device is a factor in this. Dan > Dan, > > Have you formatted the drive correctly? I think it should be formatted > as a MacOS Extended (Journaled) > > Harry > > > Friday, June 5, 20091:30 PMDan [email protected] > >> I have an external USB hard drive that I want to install Tiger on. >> The >> drive is connected to a MacBook. I insert the Tiger install CD in the >> MacBook, do the required restart to get to the installer. Both the >> MacBook's hard drive and the external drive show up in the installer, >> but the external has a red exclamation point on it. When I try to >> choose it as the disk to install the operating system on, I get a >> message that says "You cannot install Mac OS X on this volume. Mac OS >> X cannot startup from this volume." >> >> Since what I'm really doing is trying to pre-install the OS on a hard >> drive that will later be installed as an internal drive in a Mac, I >> don't care that it can't start up as an external drive, but I still >> want to install the OS. Does anyone know of a way around this that >> will let me install the OS even though the external doesn't currently >> meet OS X's startup-drive standard (for whatever reason)? >> >> Thanks. >> >> Dan >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >> be May 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be May 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be May 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
