rafafre Posted February 25, 2010 Share Posted February 25, 2010 Hi. I've installed Kalyway on a very strange server motherboard. I've tried many distros, but this is the only method I was able to accomplish with this hardware. No updates yet. It's still 10.5.2. I've been working for a month on it, as I'm very new on OSX86, and I'm also not a code guy, but finally I was able to make IDE working a little faster (it was using the apple generic ATA driver for install and for running the system initially). I also got SATA working, both with the APPLEVIAATA.kext modification, by simply adding vendor and device IDs. But this thing is... Now that I've got SATA woking, how can I make it bootable? I've tried to carbon copy the system partition to the SATA HD, but it won't boot. Nothing happens. Then after some more research, I think I have to add something to the boot.plist, but I can't find the rght strings in the forum and not on the web. I've been googling for days. Can anyone help me here? Maybe I have to install a newer bootloader like chameleon to load the right modified APPLEVIAATA kext beforehand? Sorry if I'm still so lost. I'm not a programer, I'm just a musician. But I'm trying hard to make it work. The reason I want to try and boot from SATA is that the AMD 8111 PATA controler works really slow even after the APPLEVIAATA mod. OK, after the modification it wen't from 2MB/s to 10MB/s, but it is still really slow. The Sil 3114 SATA, on the other hand, is running much faster at 50MB/s, and although it's not the best possible with this kind of HDs and chipset when using proper drivers, it's good enough for my needs with this system right now. I mean, if I can ever boot from it... Thanks on advance for any inputs on this issue. This is a wonderful comunity! PS.: If anyone has this hardware and wants IDs for adding on APPLEVIAATA.kext, here it is: SIL3114CT176 sata link: 3114 (device) and 1095 (vendor) AMD 8111 chipset PATA : 7469 (device) and 1022 (vendor) This will make your PATA working a little better and also your SATA work a LOT better. These chipsets are very comom on Tyan and ARIMA AMD server boards. Hope it helps someone out there. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211590-how-do-i-boot-from-silicon-image-3114-sata/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafafre Posted February 25, 2010 Author Share Posted February 25, 2010 Anyone??? It can't be that hard, if the kext is already working...??? PLEASE! Just a hint, or a direction, or ehere to look for that info. I'm kinda lost here. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211590-how-do-i-boot-from-silicon-image-3114-sata/#findComment-1418023 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafafre Posted February 27, 2010 Author Share Posted February 27, 2010 Should I install some modern boot loader like Chameleon or Boot132 and try to load the APPLEVIAATA kext in the EFI partition before kicking the Kernel? Is that how I do it?(considering I'll actually be able to achieve it)... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211590-how-do-i-boot-from-silicon-image-3114-sata/#findComment-1418857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafafre Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 PLEASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/211590-how-do-i-boot-from-silicon-image-3114-sata/#findComment-1425644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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