install windows 7 imac Yosemite

I tried to install windows 7 on early iMac 20" 2009.


The Boot Camp assistant does not show install or remove checkbox.



what can I do???



Guy

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Feb 16, 2015 10:56 AM

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Feb 16, 2015 11:41 AM in response to Loner T

like this

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$ diskutil list

/dev/disk0

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *3.0 TB disk0

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk0s1

2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 3.0 TB disk0s2

3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 650.0 MB disk0s3

/dev/disk1

#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER

0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk1

1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk1s1

2: Apple_HFS FreeAgent Drive 999.9 GB disk1s2

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$ diskutil cs list

No CoreStorage logical volume groups found

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

Feb 16, 2015 1:24 PM in response to Loner T

first


gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 5860533167

start size index contents

0 1 PMBR

1 1 Pri GPT header

2 32 Pri GPT table

34 6

40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

409640 5858853952 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5859263592 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860533128 7

5860533135 32 Sec GPT table

5860533167 1 Sec GPT header

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$



Second


gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=3000592982016; sectorsize=512; blocks=5860533168

gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 5860533167

start size index contents

0 1 PMBR

1 1 Pri GPT header

2 32 Pri GPT table

34 6

40 409600 1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

409640 5858853952 2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5859263592 1269536 3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

5860533128 7

5860533135 32 Sec GPT table

5860533167 1 Sec GPT header

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$ sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 97451/255/63 [1565565872 sectors]

Signature: 0xAA55

Starting Ending

#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [ start - size]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 1 - 4294967294] <Unknown ID>

2: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

3: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

4: 00 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 [ 0 - 0] unused

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$

Feb 16, 2015 4:01 PM in response to Loner T

still nothing



but I do see errors


2/16/15 3:02:03.528 PM com.apple.Safari.SearchHelper[359]: Failed to obtain sandbox extension for path=/Users/guyjohnson/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari.SearchHelper. Errno:1

2/16/15 3:02:03.530 PM com.apple.Safari.SearchHelper[359]: Failed to obtain sandbox extension for path=/Users/guyjohnson/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari.SearchHelper. Errno:1

2/16/15 3:02:03.573 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[52]: Session 100018 created

2/16/15 3:02:03.945 PM sandboxd[247]: ([359]) com.apple.Safari(359) deny file-issue-extension /Users/guyjohnson/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari.SearchHelper

2/16/15 3:02:03.950 PM sandboxd[247]: ([359]) com.apple.Safari(359) deny file-issue-extension /Users/guyjohnson/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari.SearchHelper

2/16/15 3:02:25.662 PM locationd[251]: Location icon should now be in state 'Active'

2/16/15 3:02:29.387 PM locationd[251]: Location icon should now be in state 'Inactive'

2/16/15 3:02:30.148 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.quicklook[363]) Endpoint has been activated through legacy launch(3) APIs. Please switch to XPC or bootstrap_check_in(): com.apple.quicklook

2/16/15 3:02:31.159 PM Disk Utility[360]: Failed to connect (cancelRecreate) outlet from (DUWindowController) to (NSButton): missing setter or instance variable

2/16/15 3:02:31.159 PM Disk Utility[360]: Failed to connect (repairSheetInfo) outlet from (DUWindowController) to (NSTextField): missing setter or instance variable

2/16/15 3:02:31.691 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent) The _DirtyJetsamMemoryLimit key is not available on this platform.

2/16/15 3:02:32.469 PM Disk Utility[360]: 10.4-style NSNumberFormatter method called on a 10.0-style formatter, which doesn't work. Break on _NSNumberFormatter_Log_New_Methods_On_Old_Formatters to debug. This message will only be logged once.

2/16/15 3:02:57.736 PM diskmanagementd[364]: Unmount of disk0s2 blocked by dissenter PID=0 (unknown) status=0xf8da0002 log=kDAReturnBusy message=(null)

2/16/15 3:16:21.120 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[52]: Killing auth hosts

2/16/15 3:16:21.120 PM com.apple.SecurityServer[52]: Session 100017 destroyed

2/16/15 3:16:49.850 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: assertion failed: 14C109: launchd + 160074 [A205063E-A036-3409-A251-C95F96607511]: 0xe

2/16/15 3:16:49.850 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: assertion failed: 14C109: launchd + 160074 [A205063E-A036-3409-A251-C95F96607511]: 0xe

2/16/15 3:53:24.184 PM Console[384]: Failed to connect (_consoleX) outlet from (NSApplication) to (ConsoleX): missing setter or instance variable

2/16/15 3:54:21.869 PM locationd[251]: Location icon should now be in state 'Active'

2/16/15 3:54:25.269 PM SpotlightNetHelper[275]: MessageTracer: load_domain_prefix_whitelist:115: Opening whitelist file: /Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/SubmitDiagInfo.domains

2/16/15 3:54:25.269 PM SpotlightNetHelper[275]: Connection error while checking Apple Internalness. Error: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4099 "Couldn’t communicate with a helper application." (The connection to service named com.apple.CrashReporterSupportHelper was invalidated.) UserInfo=0x7fc3a9f30510 {NSDebugDescription=The connection to service named com.apple.CrashReporterSupportHelper was invalidated.}

2/16/15 3:54:25.858 PM locationd[251]: Location icon should now be in state 'Inactive'

2/16/15 3:54:26.665 PM Boot Camp Assistant[389]: Failed to connect (quitItem) outlet from (DAWindowController) to (NSMenuItem): missing setter or instance variable

2/16/15 3:54:26.841 PM Boot Camp Assistant[389]: Disk 1 is not SATA or PCI.

2/16/15 3:54:26.917 PM Boot Camp Assistant[389]: Disk 1 is not SATA or PCI.

2/16/15 3:54:27.169 PM sandboxd[247]: ([275]) SpotlightNetHelp(275) deny mach-lookup com.apple.CrashReporterSupportHelper

2/16/15 3:54:27.201 PM sandboxd[247]: ([275]) SpotlightNetHelp(275) deny file-read-data /Library/Application Support/CrashReporter/SubmitDiagInfo.domains

2/16/15 3:54:29.293 PM Boot Camp Assistant[389]: Disk 1 is not SATA or PCI.

Feb 16, 2015 4:59 PM in response to Loner T

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$ diskutil info disk0

Device Identifier: disk0

Device Node: /dev/disk0

Part of Whole: disk0

Device / Media Name: ST3000DM001-1ER166 Media


Volume Name: Not applicable (no file system)


Mounted: Not applicable (no file system)


File System: None


Content (IOContent): GUID_partition_scheme

OS Can Be Installed: No

Media Type: Generic

Protocol: SATA

SMART Status: Verified


Total Size: 3.0 TB (3000592982016 Bytes) (exactly 5860533168 512-Byte-Units)

Volume Free Space: Not applicable (no file system)

Device Block Size: 512 Bytes


Read-Only Media: No

Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (no file system)

Ejectable: No


Whole: Yes

Internal: Yes

Solid State: No

OS 9 Drivers: No

Low Level Format: Not supported


Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$


and

Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$ diskutil info disk1

Device Identifier: disk1

Device Node: /dev/disk1

Part of Whole: disk1

Device / Media Name: Seagate


Volume Name: Not applicable (no file system)


Mounted: Not applicable (no file system)


File System: None


Content (IOContent): GUID_partition_scheme

OS Can Be Installed: No

Media Type: Generic

Protocol: FireWire

SMART Status: Not Supported


Total Size: 1.0 TB (1000204886016 Bytes) (exactly 1953525168 512-Byte-Units)

Volume Free Space: Not applicable (no file system)

Device Block Size: 512 Bytes


Read-Only Media: No

Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (no file system)

Ejectable: Yes


Whole: Yes

Internal: No

OS 9 Drivers: No

Low Level Format: Not supported


Guy-Johnsons-IMAC-Mac-G5:~ guyjohnson$

Feb 16, 2015 5:05 PM in response to Lotus Guy

Lotus Guy wrote:


Device Identifier: disk1

Device Node: /dev/disk1

Part of Whole: disk1

Device / Media Name: Seagate


Volume Name: Not applicable (no file system)


Mounted: Not applicable (no file system)


File System: None


Content (IOContent): GUID_partition_scheme

OS Can Be Installed: No

Media Type: Generic

Protocol: FireWire

SMART Status: Not Supported


Total Size: 1.0 TB (1000204886016 Bytes) (exactly 1953525168 512-Byte-Units)

Volume Free Space: Not applicable (no file system)

Device Block Size: 512 Bytes


Read-Only Media: No

Read-Only Volume: Not applicable (no file system)

Ejectable: Yes


Whole: Yes

Internal: No

OS 9 Drivers: No

Low Level Format: Not supported


Please eject and remove this disk before you try Bootcamp/Windows installation.

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