axlr8 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Hi guys. I wanted to install OS X on my computer, the specs are: nVidia GTS 250 Intel Q9300 4 GB ram ASUS P5K SE/EPU motherboard A SATA harddrive at 250 gb. I then found an old PATA (IDE right?) drive on 40 gb, which I thoguht I would use, so I didnt have to format my SATA drive and make a partition. I got it setup, formatted and everything. I can see both the SATA and PATA harddrive in windows 8, but when I boot up my Snow Leopard USB it can only see my SATA drive. My Snow Leopard USB is made with retail SL and then installed the extras from "my-Hack" I don't know what I should do. I have tried several .kext's IOFAMILY VIAATA etc, but not working. Am I wrong if I say that Snow leopard doesnt support PATA drives? Or is it simply impossible to dual boot with a PATA and SATA drive? (Are there any distros supporting PATA and SATA at the same time, if this is true?) My BIOS is set to IDE enhanced, but I can set it to AHCI with a bios-mod. So, do any on you guys know what I can do, or what is wrong? Any help is appreciated, thanks in advance! EDIT: I have also tried to boot up the SL USB with the SATA drive unlugged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PookyMacMan Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 PATA drives are supported by Snow (I used them for a long time). However, they can be quite troublesome at first. Your PATA controller is made by Marvell, so that explains why VIAATA didn't work. See if you can find a Marvell PATA kext 'round the 'net. Also definitely keep the Marvell controller in IDE mode. (It is possible to boot with SATA & PATA, especially on motherboards that have separate controllers for PATA and SATA. Older ones that don't are a pain, but that's another story...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerastez Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 I am not familiar with your specific computer but you may have to boot into your bios and make sure that your SATA Operation is set to Combination . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlr8 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 PATA drives are supported by Snow (I used them for a long time). However, they can be quite troublesome at first. Your PATA controller is made by Marvell, so that explains why VIAATA didn't work. See if you can find a Marvell PATA kext 'round the 'net. Also definitely keep the Marvell controller in IDE mode. (It is possible to boot with SATA & PATA, especially on motherboards that have separate controllers for PATA and SATA. Older ones that don't are a pain, but that's another story...) Hi, and thanks a lot! Okay, I will try to look for a Marvel PATA kext. I have deleted the VIAATA. Will update this thread. Found this and that is just my motherboard http://www.insanelym...1xx-pata-patch/, but can't seem to find the kext? UPDATE: I found this http://www.osx86.net...do=file&id=2276, and in the comments it is reported to work on 10.7 and 10.8, so I am thinking about making a Lion or ML install instead of SL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlr8 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 I tried this http://www.osx86.net/downloads.php?do=file&id=1412 for SL and I still could not see either my SATA or PATA drive.. I am getting so annoyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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