marlawre Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 I'm hoping someone can point to this quickly. I have followed Patel4Prez's guide exactly for the E6410 with ML, including the additional top from coldsun1187 about using the E6410 ML.zip as well as the E6410 10.8.4.zip. I built the USB perfectly. Now however, when I boot from the USB, my HD (80Gb) drive is not displayed in the Disk Utility in order to format it and install to it. I have checked and I have IOATAFamily.kext in System:Library:Extensions. Anyone point to a quick fix for this? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Jake Lo Posted July 22, 2014 Moderators Share Posted July 22, 2014 Did you set bios setting for SATA Operation to AHCI? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlawre Posted July 22, 2014 Author Share Posted July 22, 2014 Jake - yes - it is on AHCI - when I go into the BIOS settings, it is there. When I boot initially from the USB and it gives me the options to boot from, the old HD is there too - it's just once I boot from the USB that it's not available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlawre Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 As a follow up, I built the installer with the 10.8.1 ML pack to start - and I get the same message about the failed install - so - I am guessing there is something missing from the 10.8 ML pack - I will see what the differences are between the two - I'm guessing there is something missing in the S:L:E directory on the 10.8 ML pack... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v3ct0r Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Hey marlawre, Did the HDD in the computer ever get wiped/zero-filled? If so, you may need to create a new partition map. You can do this with an Ubuntu/GParted/Other Linux Distro Live DVD/USB. Also, can I suggest trying a Mavericks install? The install procedure is much simpler and there are less issues reported than Mountain Lion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlawre Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks Patel I found that the AHCI kext's were missing in the S:L:E directory on the original E6410 ML.zip package. I copied the ones from the E6410 10.8.1 ML.zip package and rebuilt the installation USB. I'm in the process of checking that one out and installing at the moment. If that doesn't work, I will go to the Mavericks one and see what happens with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlawre Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 That was indeed the case - as soon as I move the AHCI kexts into the original package, it all worked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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