@digitizedsoul

Just transferred from Insanelymac. Had a thread there for days on this subject with no response whatsoever. I booted the iPC 10.5.6 dvd, detected my sata & ide drives just fine (ide dvd drive) and i was able to partition AND install to…

Question: Why is it that when I boot from the DVD (iPC 10.5.6 final) the mkext that loads from there contains the AppleIntelpIIxata.kext which loads and produces all my connected hardware, but after installing (and choosing that chipset…

“UPDATE: NOTICE TO ALL MCP68 + NfORCE630a / GeForce7025 / Shuttle SN68SG2 USERS! In order to properly detect SATA on our platform using iPC, you must use the AppleVIAATA.KEXT NOT the AppleNforceATA.KEXT I have not yet determined if applenfor…”

“Still nothing. I just copied / pasted the .kext folder into /system/extensions and overwrote everything. Is that right? Followed by -x -f -v ? Stil lwaiting for root device..”

“http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=109645 Hmmm I KNEW the appleviaata.kext was the driver. Looks like there IS a VIA chip on an nforce b oard hara!”

“Could REALLY use some help here guys, i'm trying to add yet another chipset to the compatibility list, as well as gain a working system. Just for the record, i tried the iPC install on an intel ICH7 based Dell yesterday, and after choosing …”

“Well the DVD boot works, it is after install I get no detection of SATA devices. How would adding something to the DVD help? Just curious really.. THANKS for the reply either way!”

“I have tried nearly everything I can to figure this out, but with my limited knowledge of how to compare what i'm installing, versus what the DVD contains when it boots is keeping me from determining the root cause. For some strange reason …”

“Still no solution on this yet. Any ideas guys? Evidently something changed in the new KEXT because the install was so much faster and that was the only thing different.”

“Well I tried the above PPF, matched the MD5, burned & installed with NO via driver this time (but with the NEW nforceataTEST.kext that wasn't there before) and WOW did it install faster. I'd say at least 40-50% faster then the pre-ppf'd dis…”

“Going to try this now: pcwiz computer.com/ipcosx86/?p=176&cpage=2#comment-879”

“First of all thanks for helping me mate, and if you have a donation link for your release let me know. My system is a Shuttle SN68SG2. Uses an Nforce630a / GeForce 7025 video (MCP68) chipset. My other details are in the first post, like how…”

“Yeah i have them in AHCI mode now. I tried IDE, and that produced the same results with it being detected just fine by the DVD, but waiting for root device after install. Is it controlled by the applenforceata.kext or appleviaata.kext? I se…”

“The cause was the IoPCIfamily.kext fix to properly show PCI devices. With this isntalled, the .kext never loads and the PCI sata adapter as a result is never detected. Problem solved.”

“That is the same thing I did when installing. PC is a Dell Optiplex GX620, pentium 4 hyperthreading (prescott i assume). Again, the installer detects the drives and pushes them at full speed just fine, even the DVD drive the installer runs …”

“Just re-installed to check the installer log for anything funky. At the very end there are two instances of "AppleIntelPIIata.kext has unsatisfied dependencies" but the installer continues on. Could this be part of the issue? Is there somet…”

“Come on guys I posted this with full detail. Apparently i'm not the only one having issues with ICH7 either. I just can't understand how the .mkext on the DVD will load the kext, but the HD boot won't even when I -f and force a rebuild of t…”