Dr. Fresh Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I am attempting to install and boot OS X from two 200GB Maxtor SATA drives set at Raid0 using my onboard Silicon Image 3132 Raid controller. This controller is fully supported by Leopard 10.5 and I was able to partition the drive to a full 400GB, and use the drive from my current Leopard install. The problem is, when I boot from the Kalyway 10.5.1 Leopard disc, it wont see the Raid setup as there are no 3132 drivers on the boot DVD. How do I go about installing OS X on this Raid drive? I have attempted to install using a disc image of the Kalyway DVD and running "OSInstall.mpkg", but this did not work (blinking cursor on boot). I also tried leaving the Kalyway DVD in the drive on bootup, but it gave me "com.apple.boot.plist not found". Is there a way to slipstream the Raid drivers onto the Kalyway disc perhaps? Help me! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deomitrus Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I don't think it's true hardware raid. If it needs drivers, its not hardware raid and it will not work in osx86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasepsilon Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 can you explain a little bit more where your current leopard is installed? maybe you can clone your current installation onto the raid? besides, i dont think that by putting the drivers upon the dvd will help, because the driver gets loaded much later on. but maybe someone else does not more about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolio2004 Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 With Kalyway 10.5.2 you can build your own Boot-DVD (ADD_KEXT_TO_DVD) Mine works with Sil 3132. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fresh Posted April 26, 2008 Author Share Posted April 26, 2008 With Kalyway 10.5.2 you can build your own Boot-DVD (ADD_KEXT_TO_DVD) Mine works with Sil 3132. How would you go about doing this? What is the process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMitnick Posted May 8, 2008 Share Posted May 8, 2008 I am attempting to install and boot OS X from two 200GB Maxtor SATA drives set at Raid0 using my onboard Silicon Image 3132 Raid controller. This controller is fully supported by Leopard 10.5 and I was able to partition the drive to a full 400GB, and use the drive from my current Leopard install. The problem is, when I boot from the Kalyway 10.5.1 Leopard disc, it wont see the Raid setup as there are no 3132 drivers on the boot DVD. How do I go about installing OS X on this Raid drive? I have attempted to install using a disc image of the Kalyway DVD and running "OSInstall.mpkg", but this did not work (blinking cursor on boot). I also tried leaving the Kalyway DVD in the drive on bootup, but it gave me "com.apple.boot.plist not found". Is there a way to slipstream the Raid drivers onto the Kalyway disc perhaps? Help me! Thanks read my signature is written in italian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peach-os Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 easiest way: install leo on a single disk, install SiliconImage3132r5.kext. now the raid should appear- clone leo disk to the raid. I used copycatX for this - it works also with guid and efi. better to use guid in cas you have to resize the partition later on. second way: put the SiliconImage3132r5.kext on an usb stick. here are the instructions http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...st=#entry630414 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CycleBurns Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 easiest way: install leo on a single disk, install SiliconImage3132r5.kext. now the raid should appear- clone leo disk to the raid. I used copycatX for this - it works also with guid and efi. better to use guid in cas you have to resize the partition later on. second way: put the SiliconImage3132r5.kext on an usb stick. here are the instructions http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?sho...st=#entry630414 Hi... if you copy the kext to a stick, one might get errors on the kextload. 1.Just install to an (external)drive 2.install the driver so you can see your raid setup in that (temporary) installation. 3.Then go for the permanent install,... use terminal in the (kalyway) installation, and do "/Volumes/yourvolumename/System/Library/Extensions" confirm the sil3132r.kext (it MUST have the "r") do "ls" kextload -t sil3132r.kext and it will load. Now you will see your raid 0 in the disk utility. ----edit---- Be aware; using the sil3132r.kext will cause the infamous 4gb mem crashes... Bad kext! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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