---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Installer for patched KeyLargoATA.kext for limited large drive support in pre-QS2002 G4 Power Macs Date: Monday, 18. April 2011 From: turn <turn...@gmail.com> To: "G-Group" <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> > Question: I've got a QS2002 800Mhz machine with a bad IDE controller. > I put in a VTS Ultra/Tek 66 and now I am able to boot and the machine > doesn't erratically hang up any longer. Do you think your kext will > work with the Ultra/TEK 66 to get large hdd support? > > ref: I think it's > Vendor ID: Ox105A=4186 > DeviceID: 0x4D38=19768 > Revision ID=1 > PDC 20262 and Cardvendor ID is 105A > > ref: > http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/Framework.cfm?page=/Hard_Drives/vstultrat > ek/VSTUltra.html http://www.barefeats.com/hard8.html
Sorry, I wasn't able to find which IDE chip is used on the VST UltraTek ATA/66 card or which driver it uses. "My" driver is merely a very simple patch for the original Apple KeyLargoATA driver, which controls the KeyLargo IDE chip used in Power Macs from the G4 AGP to the G4 MDD. Thus, it only works for KeyLargo chips. The big driver support is not real. It is limited in such way, that your first partition(s), containing the OS, must be exactly 128 GB large. The, what I call: "limited big drive support" simply enables you create another partition that starts behind the first 128 GB and that is usable once Mac OS X has started. It is for your data only. Native big drive support starts with the QS2002. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
