mrfatcatt Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Are there any .kext's to run this in raid mode in the bios. I use my e drive for samples and they need to be set to raid mode for backup purposes. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted November 20, 2007 Share Posted November 20, 2007 please someone? there must be a way if i could do this in tiger. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-511965 Share on other sites More sharing options...
footballrunner800 Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I too am having this problem. I have a p5k premium running my vista in raid0 and my mac in the IDE Drive. I have 2 other hard drives q want to use for storage in leopard but it doesn't recognize them. I have tried all the kexts and have even tried to customize my own. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-514396 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbluemel Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I took the power cable out of my array, switched to AHCI-Mode installed the OS X and went back to RAID-Mode but my System is a ICH7. Leo show my Raid as 2 Discs but its no Problem i have a data disc. I think you could possibly install an OSX-based Raid then ... The OS recognized the separate discs trough AHCI ... Thomas Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-514760 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 still wont work tho. you need to be in RAID mode to have a RAID array. i actually ended up getting rid of my RAID array, there was no performance gain in daily use, there was actually a loss. now i have vista and leopard dual booting beautifully. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-516600 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbluemel Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 You didn´t understand. I have 2 disc in Raid 0 with Win and another 2 Discs external as Sata devices (1 OS X, 1 data). So i think you could take the 3rd and 4th to create a HFS+ Raid and switch then after installing back to Hardware-Raid mode (Bios). Then you should have the Hardware Raid (+2 lonely disc ;-) visible in Win and at OS X the Software RAID (+2 lonely discs). You know ... Data Exchange needs a separate Medium but you have the performance/security. Thomas Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-517322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhalls Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 no hardware raid on hackintoshes wthout a sperate pciexpress raid card that has osx drivers. no onboard raid. just software raid. use apple disk utility. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-517353 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-jordn- Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 does apple software RAID support RAID 5 under ICH9 or ACHI? (i dont seem to have that option, may need to check my disk configuration) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-517381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-jordn- Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 anyone? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-517815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbluemel Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 i think so, the disk utility let you choose Raid when you begin installation ... @rhalls my system (Hackintosh) use a onboard Raid beside the OSX-System Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-518034 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhalls Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 @tbbluemel: But can your OSX Installation SEE and USE the Hardware Raid??? I think, no. Your Windows Installation, yes. But not in OSX. And thats what we need... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-518283 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-jordn- Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 agreed rhalls. this is exactly what i am looking for; a hardware RAID solution. do any compatible RAID controllers, either on board or PCI exist? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-518379 Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoarthing Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 agreed rhalls. this is exactly what i am looking for; a hardware RAID solution. do any compatible RAID controllers, either on board or PCI exist? . . . . the Silicon Image 4723 'Steelvine' ICH SATA-splitter is fitted [called: 'EZ-Backup'] to the Asus P5WDH. This gives transparent [ie driverless] RAID0 or RAID1 . . it is sort-of-hardware RAID & is bootable. There are also OSX drivers for the Sil3124 PCIe SATA/eSATA controller - this has been fitted to a few motherboards & can provide bootable firmware RAID for Mac Pros. Otherwise you have to look at real hardware RAID . . AFAIK the cheap quasi-hardware-RAID Highpoint 'Rocket Raid' hosts based on the Marvell controller are not bootable. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-518393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbluemel Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 @ rhalls that is right, but there was a question to get discs working with the Sata-Port beside a Vista Raid and that is a way. I think it is a great advantage to boot OSX with Sata speed or perhaps using the Softraid from OSX. I asked some days before and all posts mean no way - i have to use ahci and will lost the array :-( The "problem" that the OSes can´t SEE/USE another is crying at a high level. My X1900 AIW doesn´t work the way it should and my Broadcom LAN seems to be also a no go - that´s much harder ... if you have a Shuttle XPC. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-519144 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-jordn- Posted November 26, 2007 Share Posted November 26, 2007 . . . . the Silicon Image 4723 'Steelvine' ICH SATA-splitter is fitted [called: 'EZ-Backup'] to the Asus P5WDH. This gives transparent [ie driverless] RAID0 or RAID1 . . it is sort-of-hardware RAID & is bootable. There are also OSX drivers for the Sil3124 PCIe SATA/eSATA controller - this has been fitted to a few motherboards & can provide bootable firmware RAID for Mac Pros. Otherwise you have to look at real hardware RAID . . AFAIK the cheap quasi-hardware-RAID Highpoint 'Rocket Raid' hosts based on the Marvell controller are not bootable. hey all. thanks very much for your help and information. I am not really that interested in having a bootable RAID array, i would just like the array visible in leopard and be able to store things on it. Would i be able to use disk utility to create the software RAID 5 under AHCI, or would i need ICH9 support? all of my SATA ports are supported under AHCI. thanks in advance, jordn Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-519629 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 well one option is to enable raid, install vista. then switch to ahci, install leopard on the non raid drives. then if you want to go back to vista, u just switch back to raid mode if you want leopard, switch back to ahci mode i did that at one point and i didnt lose my raid array or any data at all it is just insanely annoying to do it that way i really would like to find a solution for this! wasnt tiger able to do this!? if so, then why cant leopard? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-523288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brywalker Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I would he happy to get ICH9 recognized by Leo as what it is and not Generic AHCI... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-523407 Share on other sites More sharing options...
murky Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I would he happy to get ICH9 recognized by Leo as what it is and not Generic AHCI... It's quite simple though, Go to /System/Library/Extensions, copy AppleAHCIPort.kext to somewhere, for ex. Desktop, Right click to it --> Show Package Contents --> Contents, Double Click to Info.plist, add these line before the line <key>OSBundleLibraries</key>: <key>ICH9 AHCI</key> <dict> <key>CFBundleIdentifier</key> <string>com.apple.driver.AppleAHCIPort</string> <key>Chipset Name</key> <string>ICH9 AHCI</string> <key>IOClass</key> <string>AppleAHCI</string> <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key> <string>0x28218086</string> <key>IOProbeScore</key> <integer>2000</integer> <key>IOProviderClass</key> <string>IOPCIDevice</string> <key>Vendor Name</key> <string>Intel</string> </dict> You must find out first what is your PCI Vendor ID (Go to windows, control panel --> system properties --> click on you Disk controller to find out, for example mine is ICH8R which number is 2821, go to this site for a full list: http://opengrok.creo.hu/dragonfly/xref/src...isc/pci_vendors After you're done, copy AppleAHCIPort.kext to System/Library/Extensions, chown and chmod the restart. Good luck. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-547265 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihai Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 Not sure i follow the discussion but i have a (newbie)question regarding this. I am running only Leopard on my machine. I don't need windows. I have a P5K motherboard. If i buy two SATA harddrives can i make a RAID on them and then install Leopard ? Mihai Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-581739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhalls Posted January 16, 2008 Share Posted January 16, 2008 i think so, the disk utility let you choose Raid when you begin installation ... @rhalls my system (Hackintosh) use a onboard Raid beside the OSX-System You use that IN OSX ? If yes, what are your system specs? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-581894 Share on other sites More sharing options...
byusinger84 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 Is this method only to get OSX to know what AHCI controler you have? Or does this actually let me have my raid with Vista and OS X on it's single drive but in RAID mode? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-632827 Share on other sites More sharing options...
byusinger84 Posted February 19, 2008 Share Posted February 19, 2008 *BUMP* HELP PLEASE SOMEONE!!!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-632897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinMitnick Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 read this italian language Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-749781 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lithium06 Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 how is the software raid performance? right now i just have 1 250G seagate sata and it's slow in xbench even after a month fresh install. i think i get 60's for disk score. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-938022 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Just changed <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key> <string>0x28218086</string> to <key>IOPCIPrimaryMatch</key> <string>0x28228086</string> And i can use the ich9r in raid mode and boot in to osx 10.5.5 without having to change to ahci mode. Excelent Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/69735-is-there-anyway-to-run-ich9-chipset-in-raid-mode/#findComment-941576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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