kch0pa Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 So, i had Tiger in my old computer some time ago, but now I'm buying a new pc and i'm really looking forward to install leopard on it, except i don't know what to do! I've been reading the forums for a couple of days, and there's so little information on my motherboard of choice that i'm almost giving up. Those are my specs to come: ECS P45T-A (if possible to install and use RAID, else i'm getting a P5K) Core 2 Duo E8400 2 GB Corsair DDR2800 Seagate 500GB x2 (RAID0 if possible) and a 8500GT 512MB for now. so, I need to know if this motherboard is OSX86 compatible and if i will be able to use RAID, and if possible, how could i install using a retail disk, which i own. thank you for your help. cheers EDIT: after reading some more today, i decided that my preffered install method is boot132 + retail dvd, so all i need to know is what are the essential kexts for my system and if i can do raid. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151676-need-some-help-installing-1056/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
kch0pa Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151676-need-some-help-installing-1056/#findComment-1071744 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 I would not get your hopes up for the on-board fake raid. There are a few hardware TRUE raid controllers available but they are not cheap. You can set up a soft RAID in OSX and there are even methods for installing on to a soft RAID. I was hoping to set up a RAID disk so that OSX and Windows could use it for a scratch disk. Without a TRU raid controller you will be out of luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151676-need-some-help-installing-1056/#findComment-1071784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kch0pa Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 will soft raid give me any performance boost? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151676-need-some-help-installing-1056/#findComment-1071797 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 Most definitely. I use two 80gb in RAID 0 for scratch and there is a noticeable performance increase Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151676-need-some-help-installing-1056/#findComment-1071805 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kch0pa Posted February 6, 2009 Author Share Posted February 6, 2009 oh thats great, would i be able to do it using a p5k-se (which doesn't have onboard raid)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151676-need-some-help-installing-1056/#findComment-1071956 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanceomni Posted February 6, 2009 Share Posted February 6, 2009 oh thats great, would i be able to do it using a p5k-se (which doesn't have onboard raid)? Yeah its through the OS. A lot of people think that onboard RAID is a true hardware RAID controller but most are actually just software running from the motherboard which dumps all of the work on to your CPU. A true hardware RAID controller does all the processing on-board. I have heard of these being built on to motherboards but only are high end server mobos. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151676-need-some-help-installing-1056/#findComment-1072042 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmoob Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 What OSX86 distro are you using? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151676-need-some-help-installing-1056/#findComment-1072089 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kch0pa Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 Yeah its through the OS. A lot of people think that onboard RAID is a true hardware RAID controller but most are actually just software running from the motherboard which dumps all of the work on to your CPU. A true hardware RAID controller does all the processing on-board. I have heard of these being built on to motherboards but only are high end server mobos. oh good. do i need any additional apps or it's already included in osx retail? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/151676-need-some-help-installing-1056/#findComment-1072711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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