I used the 10.5.1 disk on my install but have now managed to run 10.5.2 and that has no issues with my drives when it boots admitted I have changed the dvd but nothing to do with the SATA chipset. As a small note try booting with the options -v -f this is always worth a try if you are having trouble suprising how many pickels this has got me out of also try just running with 2GB of memory at least for the install. Also if you can pick up a usb to SATA/IDE adapter this can be a god send. This will let you make the install to the disk you want then let you install the sb600 kext with kext helper then boot drive on a SATA lead but use -v -f switches. These adapters arent expensive and help you get out of all tricky situations. When I added the sb600.kext to 10.5.1 dvd it wasnt the best way but heres how I did it. I just copied SB600.kext to system/library/extensions then when I booted dvd I just used the -v -f switches this will only give you sata support for that session which means it wont be installed when you have finished. So untill an iso appears that will let you boot and have sata support from the word go your only option is a usb to sata adapter. It will let you do a normal install then install the needed SB600 kext then move drive to a SATA connector.

Hope this helps


L8rs
LawlessPPC

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