Mac OS X 10.0: Does Not Recognize and Cannot Be Installed on UFS Disks Formatted by Drive Setup 1.8.1

Mac OS X 10.0 does not recognize Mac OS UFS disks or partitions formatted with Drive Setup 1.8.1, which was included with some versions of Mac OS 9.
Symptom


Solution

Mac OS X 10.0 and its Installer do not recognize a file system on Mac OS UFS disks or partitions formatted by Drive Setup 1.8.1. Subsequently, the Installer does not allow installation on such a disk or partition. To make this disk space available to Mac OS X 10.0, you must reinitialize the disk.

Warning: Always back up data you wish to keep before initializing a hard disk. Initialization erases all data on the hard disk.

Steps to initialize the startup disk:

After this process is complete, Mac OS X 10.0 and its Installer can use the disk.
Published Date: Oct 7, 2016