I would be interested in this for my friends computer, the M5183 I upgraded
for them last yr!!! It has a 7200rpm 250g (or is it a 160g?) HD and they only
have 128g of user space...
-----Original Message-----
>From: Mac User #330250 <macuser330...@gmx.net>
>Sent: Apr 16, 2011 1:21 PM
>To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com
>Subject: Installer for patched KeyLargoATA.kext for limited large drive
>support in pre-QS2002 G4 Power Macs
>
>Hello Power Mac people!
>
>Once again I'm happy to share what I enjoyed playing with. It is not much, but
>then: I'm not a software developer, so for my limited skills this is quite
>okay I think!
>
>On request of Valter Prahlad I made a Mac OS X 10.4 version of the modified
>KeyLargoATA.kext, that ignores the lba-48 Open Firmware property and thus
>always enables large drive support on Power Mac G4 computers prior to the
>QS2002.
>
>The advantage: you'll have access to the partitions past the 128 GB line
>regardless of the lba-48 property. For example, when the NVRAM has been
>zapped, or when the PRAM battery is low.
>
>My previous KeyLargoATA.kext that I compiled for Leopard doesn't work in
>Tiger. I tested this and it breaks the system ("no root device") (temporarily,
>until restored from another Mac OS X).
>
>The source code for KeyLargoATA is the same for 10.5 and for 10.4. My guess is
>that it isn't interchangeable due to Xcode. I used 3.1.3 for Leopard, but had
>to use 2.5 for Tiger.
>
>So, while at it I figured out how to write a very simple Installer package and
>it worked on my system.
>
>I'll tweak it a little more and then I'll have Valter test it.
>
>QUESTION:
>Is anybody else interested in the package?
>
>If so, are there any suggestions where to put it so that people can download
>it?
>
>I'm planning also to make such an Installer package for the 10.5 version, or
>even one combined package (which is not soo easy BTW, at least for me, at
>least not yet) that installs the correct kext for either 10.4 or 10.5.
>
>Maybe also a 10.3 version of the kext is of some interest?
>
>
>Anyway, I'm looking for your feedback!
>
>Cheers,
>Andreas aka Mac User #330250
>
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