E-Chris Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 I want to use a Silicon Image 3114 SATA card in my Lion system. In the past (on earlier OS's), all I would do was add a line in the VIASATA.kext file.... but I don't see this file in Lion. How do I add support for VIA SATA or more specifically the Silicon Image SATA chipsets in lion? Appreciate any help, Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haunteddevil619 Posted November 11, 2011 Share Posted November 11, 2011 You need AppleVIAATA.kext to boot into any OS X system using a Sis chipset. I have "Still waiting for root device" error otherwise. I needed to copy this kext into the setup first to boot the Lion installation. Then after installing Lion, I am in a process of installing windows on a second partition on the same drive and then copy the kext file into the mac partition on which I just installed Lion. It should then work. The kext files should be copied into S/L/E/ Basically you need AppleVIAATA.kext to boot into root device. Anybody has any idea how to install a kext along with other system kext along with the installer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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