Leopard doesn't find my HD on my Acer laptop
Have tried to install Zephyroth's Leopard 10.5.1 ISO on my Acer 5112 Wlmi which has the ATI Xpress 1150 chipset, not sure what SATA southbridge it is using, I thought it was the SB600, but I am not 100% sure. I downloaded the SB600SATA…
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- @nighteye Published 2008-02-04
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Have tried to install Zephyroth's Leopard 10.5.1 ISO on my Acer 5112 Wlmi which has the ATI Xpress 1150 chipset, not sure what SATA southbridge it is using, I thought it was the SB600, but I am not 100% sure. I downloaded the SB600SATA KEXTS and inserted them into the ISO with TransMac and booted it up again with the -F -V flags to load all the KEXTS - but it still doesn't see my HD. What is wrong, any ideas are appreciated.
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Yeah well, the manual sucks and so does Acer so I am clueless. Anyone know where I can info on that chipset?
Ah cool, will look into that and get back later with some chipset info. I really want to get OSX up and running on my laptop.
Ok so Everest tells me I have the SB450 southbridge on my system and the ATI RS482/RS485/RX482 northbridge. What do I need to inject to my Leopard DVD to make it find my SATA harddrive so that I can install the OS? ,
Yeah I want to try it and not wait for the next release, but I don't know which KEXT I need to inject and where I can find it? Anyone?
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You must find what is the chipset of the SATA Southbridge ...
Why don't you just wait for the next release that Zeph is going to upload in a little while?
Because he's actually doing what you're supposed to try, megaargon.
Instead of waiting for the release, just learn and try for yourself!
Rev.1 also runs perfectly, if you customize it well according to your hardware...
[cite] megaargon:Why don't you just wait for the next release that Zeph is going to upload in a little while?
puttabong is totally right.Why wait for the release to fix any problem when you can do it and report it?.This is the way to improve the release and help...
[cite] Puttabong:Rev.1 also runs perfectly, if you customize it well according to your hardware...
True that!
Mmm i think you need to inject the AppleNforceSata kext, i think that's his name or im wrong?
Mmm i'm not sure, i wasn't able to make leopard detect my HD in my laptop acer too ;(
but i think that with that kext it will recognize your HD, just you should edit your HD ID in the kext
and its done, well thats what i know, lets see what say the masters
cya!
Sources & Contributor Provenance (8 credited usernames · Thread #209)
| Username | Dossier Contribution | Dispatches | Active Window |
|---|---|---|---|
| @nighteye | Primary Author | 7 | 2008-02-04 → 2008-02-18 |
| @zephyroth | Contributor | 1 | 2008-02-04 |
| @roisoft | Contributor | 1 | 2008-02-05 |
| @megaargon1 | Contributor | 1 | 2008-02-14 |
| @Puttabong | Contributor | 1 | 2008-02-14 |
| @Xxp/TuX | Contributor | 1 | 2008-02-14 |
| @cgsheen | Contributor | 1 | 2008-02-14 |
| @eard | Contributor | 1 | 2008-02-15 |