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!

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 what I KNOW to be the correct chipset driver (ich7 is easy enough) it STILL wouldn't boot from HD after. Same problem as my nforce here, waiting for root device.

Now I KNOW i chose the right one, what is going on here??????

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=109645


Hmmm I KNEW the appleviaata.kext was the driver. Looks like there IS a VIA chip on an nforce b oard hara!!!

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..

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 applenforceata is still required for the cd drive and other IDE devices, but i'll figure that out shortly.

Well in my acer aspire 5520 the internal HD or DVD-CD drive is not detected either, they are SATA. I installed thru kalyway on external usb drive, install ok, boot ok (23 sec!) but still no HD or DVD-CD drive. My chipset is mcp67, my hardware report attached.
Any clue about the SATA kext I should use?

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I have the exact same chipset as you, digitizedsoul and I am using iPC 10.5.6. I have one IDE HDD and one IDE DVD burner. I cannot get this to work. Right after the install I get this message:
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A429B): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x000000fb, CR3: 0x01123000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x0bfdcbb4, EBX: 0x0bfdcb80, ECX: 0xffffffff, EDX: 0x0c12a800
CR2: 0x000000fb, EBP: 0x48353df8, ESI: 0x0971ab00, EDI: 0x0bfdcbb4
EFL: 0x00010206, EIP: 0x00592be9, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x0b490010

I also get a lot of the IOUSBOHCI OHCI controller will be unloaded messages.

What am I doing wrong? Any help will be greatly appreciated