Symptom
No volumes are available in the Installer application.
Solution
These steps may help:
1. Choose Disk Utility from the Installer Menu.
2. Click the First Aid tab.
3. Use the Repair feature on the affected disk (or disks), if it appears.
4. If the disk still does not appear, restart the computer from the Install CD.
5. If the disk still does not appear, shut down the computer.
6. Disconnect any third-party hardware upgrades or peripheral devices, including additional hard drives, USB devices, or FireWire devices.
7. If jumper settings on the original hard drive have been changed, return them to their original position.
Note: If volumes only fail to appear when a known-working secondary hard drive is installed, verify that the jumper settings on the drive are appropriate. For example, with Power Mac G4 (Mirrored Drive Door) computers, additional ATA hard disks must be set for cable select mode, not for master or slave mode. Consult the documentation that came with your computer.
8. Start up from the Install CD.
9. If the disk still does not appear, use Disk Utility again. If the disk appears in Disk Utility but not in the Installer application, back up any important data from the disk and erase it in Disk Utility. The drive should then appear in Installer.