SaxMachine Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 Because in linux SATA work with libsata and porting is very hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subramanyam Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 (edited) And we have another dead NF4 thread..... Edited January 17, 2007 by subramanyam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmyj Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 i've heard work is being done on porting the linux sata driver for nforce4 over to os x by MeDevil, as far as I can tell progress is being made Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMäcen Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Patience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclocked Tardis Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Patience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeDevil Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 (edited) I can confirm that i'm working with bikedude on a new nforce4 sata driver (a direct port from the bsd/linux source). Sources, news and bugs will be available on the berlios nforce4sata project: nforce4 sata project. If anyone would like to help in development, simply drop an email to me or to bikedude via berlios or join the #nforce4sata irc channel on macspeak. Note that we don't need TESTERS! (at least, not now!). Regards, MeDevil Edited January 17, 2007 by MeDevil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slip Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 What do you guys think Would pata work better on my single channel IDE board if I use a 80 pin cable instead of a 40. The DVD installalation won't start on a 80 pin cable.( 2 devices on one cable) So I'd need a external DVD or something to install to the IDE on a 80 pin cable.---- Any point. ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclocked Tardis Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 I can confirm that i'm working with bikedude on a new nforce4 sata driver (a direct port from the bsd/linux source). Sources, news and bugs will be available on the berlios nforce4sata project: nforce4 sata project.If anyone would like to help in development, simply drop an email to me or to bikedude via berlios or join the #nforce4sata irc channel on macspeak. Note that we don't need TESTERS! (at least, not now!). Regards, MeDevil Great News!!!! Thanks for the info, MeDevil. How's bikedudes status? Is he feeling any better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bltzkrg Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 I can confirm that i'm working with bikedude on a new nforce4 sata driver (a direct port from the bsd/linux source). Sources, news and bugs will be available on the berlios nforce4sata project: nforce4 sata project.If anyone would like to help in development, simply drop an email to me or to bikedude via berlios or join the #nforce4sata irc channel on macspeak. Note that we don't need TESTERS! (at least, not now!). Regards, MeDevil Good stuff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Great News!!!! Thanks for the info, MeDevil. How's bikedudes status? Is he feeling any better? Ah, forgot about that... I'm doing fine, just have a lingering cough for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambo60 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Any news? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AaloPalto Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 yes. still no progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sordos Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 i ve installed jas 10.4.8 with ppv 1 upgrade mother asus M2N-SLI AMD 2 4200 I can see the silicom drivers installed in my system but i can t see my sata hd any solution??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jape Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 (edited) But WHY new driver? Is it THAT difficult to understand Linux's libata driver framework? If there's a problem with register @s, NVIDIA engineers have usually contributed to the linux kernel mailing list. I hope that rewriting will give you a better insight about the ApplePCATA framework, but other than that... I don't know. (BTW: I don't have 10.4.8 so I can't help very much) Edited January 24, 2007 by jape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 See the first post for a link to the most recent working download. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclocked Tardis Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 See the first post for a link to the most recent working download. My savior. I'm about three steps away from throwing this old PATA drive out the window. The sounds it makes are ungodly! SATA has spoiled so much, lol. Nevertheless, keep up the fantastic work! It's cool to see you're up and going again as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bikedude880 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 My savior. I'm about three steps away from throwing this old PATA drive out the window. The sounds it makes are ungodly! SATA has spoiled so much, lol. Nevertheless, keep up the fantastic work! It's cool to see you're up and going again as well. Thank MeDevil for this one. He figured out the problem and solved it spectacularly. I'm just the spokesperson this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfdood Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 (edited) Thanks go the guys who are working hard on making SATa on nforce4 a reality! I added some additional Dev ID to the info.plist, hopefully this will make this an easier install for the folks on the forum..LINKY Copy the file to the extension folder typing your password: Then in terminal type: sudo chown -R root:wheel /System/Library/Extensions/applenvidiaata.kext Test the kext by typing kextload -v /System/Library/Extensions/applenvidiaata.kext Delete extensions.kextcache and extensions.mkext Reboot and enjoy SATA on your Nforce4 chipset here is a comparison for the SATA to IDE SATA: Results 63.03 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.4.8 (8L2127) Physical RAM 1024 MB Model ADP2,1 Drive Type HDS728080PLA380 Disk Test 63.03 Sequential 113.13 Uncached Write 106.63 65.47 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 100.99 57.14 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 136.18 39.85 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 114.49 57.54 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 43.69 Uncached Write 15.86 1.68 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 91.91 29.42 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 94.73 0.67 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 141.35 26.23 MB/sec [256K blocks] IDE: Results 34.10 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.4.8 (8L2127) Physical RAM 1024 MB Model ADP2,1 Drive Type WDC WD800JB-00DUA3 Disk Test 34.10 Sequential 64.53 Uncached Write 65.86 40.44 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 65.12 36.85 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 103.77 30.37 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 45.84 23.04 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 23.17 Uncached Write 7.48 0.79 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 54.97 17.60 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 84.55 0.60 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 111.16 20.63 MB/sec [256K blocks] Edited January 27, 2007 by elfdood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazpaimon Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Attempted this on an MCP61 (Nforce 405 + Geforce 6100) on PATA, working perfectly. As a note, I installed this in the Plugins directory on IOATAFamily.kext, not as its own kext Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfdood Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Attempted this on an MCP61 (Nforce 405 + Geforce 6100) on PATA, working perfectly. As a note, I installed this in the Plugins directory on IOATAFamily.kext, not as its own kext is there a benefit to this as opposed to running it directly in the extensions folder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sazpaimon Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 is there a benefit to this as opposed to running it directly in the extensions folder? I told bikedude I'd try either and see what works, I don't think there's a direct advantage to either, other than orgainization. If yours worked by itself then I assume it can work either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfdood Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I told bikedude I'd try either and see what works, I don't think there's a direct advantage to either, other than orgainization. If yours worked by itself then I assume it can work either way. I used clonetool to image my drive and one thing so far is the SATA is not bootable, I get the dreaded "waiting for boot device" any help in fixing that would be greatfully received Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iMäcen Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Awesome, MeDevil!!! You are our savior. I have tried writing and readin small and large files (7GB) and SFV check is ok. Works perfect! Xbench: Results 58.51 System Info Xbench Version 1.2 System Version 10.4.8 (8L2127) Physical RAM 2048 MB Model ACPI Drive Type Maxtor 6Y160M0 Disk Test 58.51 Sequential 70.69 Uncached Write 68.30 41.93 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 60.91 34.47 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 100.01 29.27 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 64.39 32.36 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 49.91 Uncached Write 20.86 2.21 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 94.09 30.12 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 87.70 0.62 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 98.24 18.23 MB/sec [256K blocks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanThaDude29 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 So far so good here. Dropped in IOATAFamily-Plugins, repaired permissions/ownership and worked! Great job and a BIG THANK YOU!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeDevil Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Ok, so you guys are working with the newly sata drives? Now remains three things to do: 1. change the osx86 hcl page to reflect the new nForce4 status. 2. change the signature of the user from "nForce 4 sata not working" to "nForce4 sata WORKING!" 3. make a donation to my paypal account Obiviusly, only the first item should be really done PS: If anyone knows how to put the newly kext in my osx install disk please pm me (or leave a comment). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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