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Erm, did you open any of the above links to read the threads??? 

 

For a low-profile card that works well and OOB in Lion/ML/Mav, look for info mentioned in relation to Vostro 200 desktop...

 

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 ?

Did you try HDD set to legacy in BIOS at all?

 

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 ?

You said you "fixed perms". What exactly did you do for that? The posts from mckginkel & mcr are quite explicit.

 

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 ?