Peregrine48 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hi there, I have an Alienware M7700 Mobile workstation with a Promise SATA378 SCSI Controller. This is a very strange setup indeed, infact I called and complained to alienware about it the otherday because they put a normal IDE hardrive in my system with a converter to SCSI. My system does not allow for any other type of internal drive connection and I have tried many times to get a usb hard drive to boot without success. I've managed to install OS X with VMware which treats my scsi controller like a typical IDE, but I would really like to get this running natively. When I try to but up without VMware the boot sequence hangs at "waiting for root device" which is to be expected since it can't see the hard drive. However, I really am so close to getting this to work I just need some help from some people with unix and linux skills. I am attaching the sourcecode of the controller drivers for linux. I don't know enough about unix and linux to know how to make them work with Mac OSX. I have read on the forums that other people with the same alienware system have had this problem too, but haven't found a solution. If someone could please assist me I would be most appreciative. Thank You All 1_sataii150_300_tx_series_linux2.6_src_x86_v1.01.0.20.tar.gz Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40673-need-a-kext-for-promise-sata378-controller-in-1046/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Just post your question in one forum, and in the right one. Please read the rules. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40673-need-a-kext-for-promise-sata378-controller-in-1046/#findComment-290553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodward3 Posted July 26, 2009 Share Posted July 26, 2009 Im having the same problem, can anyone help with this? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/40673-need-a-kext-for-promise-sata378-controller-in-1046/#findComment-1209783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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