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yes I did... it's all very confusing to be perfectly honest, jargon litters every post and when investigating the above posts, mention of compatible cards end with a note that effectively equates to ... but ...but ... but ... if it was clear, do you honestly think i would be asking ?

thanks for your persistance guys, i've got lion on my 745... can you guys recommend a supported low profile card ?

which IOATAFamily.kext is needed to make this work ? ​can someone send me a URL please ?

Yes.

so this is what i'm doing. using myHack to create an 10.7 installer to my USB when complete i then add "Dell_Optiplex_745-lion" extra's via myHack i then boot from the USB and i get stuck at the installer as it does not see my internal sata HDD. if I drop IOATAFamily.kext to E/E the installer kernal panic's and does not startup. (how am i supposed to do this CORRECTLY?) Am i doing something wrong ?

i used myhack to "run myfix" as you stated above

I have the SFF Optiplex 745 and I can't get it to see the HDD to install, tied myhack Lion and Mavricks, in both cases no HDD visible to install. I also added IOATAFamily.kext, and fixed perms, to E/E still no HDD on installer. Am i missing something ?