No drives in "Select A Destination" screen

I'm having the same issue. I'm also using a case-sensitive file system. Could this be the problem?

I don't even think you need to do the disk utility thing that was suggested, nor any of the other selections (at least I didn't) - For whatever reason it just took the drive a long time to appear (5 mins) but ultimately it showed up - it showed up while I was looking this up on the discussion board. Technically I guess there is nothing wrong but I think this violates Apples Interface guideline (i.e. always give the user an indication of when they are waiting on something to happen so that they do not fear that there is a problem) - or something like that. There is not harddrive spinning sound, no onscreen indication, no message saying it might take several minutes, nothing, just a big blankscreen. Obviously this is not a confidence building start when you have this type of thing right out of the gate, but I hope this is the only issue I experience. If so, then I will be able to live with this little issue.

That seems to be the consensus. Too bad i have to wait for my backup to restore before trying this. 100 gb takes hours to restore over firewire.

Just waiting worked on my husband's MBP. 17 minutes.

thanks! had tried it all but this actually worked!

I had the same problem. While I was searching for a solution, my drive popped up. I hope the install goes well... it's installing right now.

I had the same problem. What worked for me isn't mentioned in this thread: In the Installer start Disk Utility. Select the missing hard drive. Select the Partitions tab. Then select one of options other than "Current" in the Volume Scheme drop box. (Magically, my old volume appeared at this point.) Quit Disk Utility and the drive will show up as a Destination.

Just went to disk utils the drive was there, after repairing permissions (which I had done in 10.4.10 I repeated and it appeared immediately.
What are users with one computer which cannot access the internet for help going to do?

I fixed the problem by going to the boot disk prompt. The disk magically appeared as a result of that.

All the solutions I've seen are circumstantial (like the df -k and open Disk Utility.)

The issue is that the installer is checking your disks and doesn't provide any UI feedback on it. Sometimes that'll be quick, others it won't. If you want to cancel the disk check (shouldn't be anything wrong with it, especially if you plan to erase and install) just open up the terminal, type "ps ax" (without the quotes) and look for an fsck process checking a disk0sX disk. Note its process ID. Now, type kill <process id> to stop the disk check. Now if you return from the terminal, you should have your disks available to install 🙂

Hope this helps,

Daniel Peebles

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I had the same problem on a MacBook Pro. I looked in Disk Utility too but there was nothing listed. I exited the Installer but the drive wasn't even listed in Startup Disk. Yikes.

So I just quit, kicked out the drive on restart and tried it all again. There was the drive the second time.

DaviD m.

It is really not that complicated at all: http://www.loveforbiz.com/leopard-hard-drive-install-bug

In my case the internal drive on my MBP hadn't appeared after about 30 mins, but if I put my ear on it I could hear the drive chattering, so I left it and went to bed.

The drive was visible this morning. Don't know how long it took, but it was more than half an hour.

Of course, this morning I have to go to work and will need to try again tonight... 😟

perfectly explained. if you notice the process that he suggests you kill has been running for a longer time than any of the other processes. just kill the one that has the greatest time value.

hey guys.. i have a g4 emac and haveing the same problem i figured that i had to format the drive using JOURNAL... did that and installation stops at disc 9.... just says try again, which i have twice and then i reboot it asks for install disk 2 again... im going around in circles can anybody help? the os x instyall cd's are brand new and have no scratches !