Can i install on an ICH3 laptop ?

[emzo]

Toshiba Satellite 5200-903

ICH3

P4 M 2.2Ghz

Fx5600

 

Tried jas 10.4.6 and 10.4.7, both boot and after a while i receive STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE.

Attaching an USB HDD didn't help.Anyone have a success on ICH3 ?

[STiMPY]

I'm having the same problem with a Satellite 5200-701, ICH3, P4M 2GHz. I've done a "native" install in VMWare and it will boot inside VMWare, but will not boot natively and gives me "waiting for root device". I've been looking for a solution for a bit now, but no luck so far

[OoOoOoO]

/System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext/Contents/Info.plist

 

.....

<key>ICH3 ATA/100 Controller</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA</string>

<key>Controller Name</key>

<string>ICH3 ATA/100</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>AppleIntelPIIXATARoot</string>

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

<string>0x248A8086 0x248B8086</string>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

<integer>2000</integer>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOPCIDevice</string>

<key>Supported Transfer Modes</key>

<string>0x3f061d</string>

</dict>

<key>ICH3 ATA/66 Controller</key>

<dict>

<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>

<string>com.apple.driver.AppleIntelPIIXATA</string>

<key>Controller Name</key>

<string>ICH3 ATA/66</string>

<key>IOClass</key>

<string>AppleIntelPIIXATARoot</string>

<key>IOPCIClassMatch</key>

<string>0x01010000&0xffff0000</string>

<key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key>

<string>0x24818086 0x24008086&0xff00ffff</string>

<key>IOProbeScore</key>

<integer>1800</integer>

<key>IOProviderClass</key>

<string>IOPCIDevice</string>

<key>Supported Transfer Modes</key>

<string>0x1f061d</string>

</dict>

 

....

 

So kext has support for ich3

[STiMPY]

Thanks for the info. Do I need to add this to a particular point in the info.plist file? I've tried adding it to the end and it still doesn't work.

 

EDIT: Rather embarassingly I was editing the wrong Info.plist. I've edited the Info.plist in:

 

/System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext/Contents/

 

As per your instructions above.

 

Sadly though, it still doesn't work. Am I doing something wrong?

 

I still get the following:

 

AppleIntelPIIXPATA: ICH3 ATA/100 (CMD 0x170, CTR 0x374, IRQ 15, BM 0xcfa8)

IOATA Controller device blocking bus.

AppleIntelPIIXPATA: ICH3 ATA/100 (CMD0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ14, BM 0xfa0)

Still waiting for root device

[STiMPY]

Hmmm, I'm a little confused now. I've just double-checked the Info.plist at:

 

/System/Library/Extensions/IOATAFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext/Contents/

 

And the ICH3 info was already in there (before my ministrations). So what's going on?

[emzo]

Yes, it seems like there is ICH3 support, but i get STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE with 10.4.6 and with 10.4.7.

Any ideas how to install it ?

[STiMPY]

Yes, it seems like there is ICH3 support, but i get STILL WAITING FOR ROOT DEVICE with 10.4.6 and with 10.4.7.

Any ideas how to install it ?

It should install fine in VMWare doing a "native" install to a physical drive/partition. It did for me anyway. It works fine for me inside VMWare which is where I did the editing of the info.plist file. Trying to boot it natively however gives me:

 

AppleIntelPIIXPATA: ICH3 ATA/100 (CMD 0x170, CTR 0x374, IRQ 15, BM 0xcfa8)

IOATA Controller device blocking bus.

AppleIntelPIIXPATA: ICH3 ATA/100 (CMD0x1f0, CTR 0x3f4, IRQ14, BM 0xfa0)

Still waiting for root device

 

So I'm still a bit stuck

 

Are you getting "waiting for root device" when trying to boot the install DVD? I do.

[emzo]

Yes I Do.I'll try with VmWare and using the previous ICH3 kexts.

[STiMPY]

Yes I Do.I'll try with VmWare and using the previous ICH3 kexts.

Did you manage to get any further yet?

[emzo]

Nope, tried 10.4.1 kexts, but still nothing.

Is there any generic kext, i was thinking to delete AppleIntelPIIXATA.kext to see if another kext will load.

 

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Can some upload somewhere the 10.4.3 IOATAFAMILY.KEXT ?