I Can't Access ATTO SAS Raid Disks! Help !

[Nota81]

Hello, I have been using Hackintosh with Intel processors for years. In 2011, I bought a STARDOM SOHORAID SR8 raid storage system with the ATTO Express SAS R380 card, and I have been using it actively in all hackintosh systems I have installed. Although the driver support of the ATTO card ended with El-Capitan, I was somehow able to install the drivers even on the Ventura version with the .kext and installation files I had backed up beforehand. A few days ago, I installed an AMD system, I use the version of Monterey I installed for intel with Opencore by making the necessary adjustments, but I cannot reach my ATTO system. 3 days ago, the SAS system, which was working with an Intel i5 8600K processor and MSI z370 motherboard in the same system, became inaccessible with my transition to AMD. I have searched in many places but could not come to a conclusion. The system that works fine in Intel may not be working when the system is switched to AMD. The RAID Card appears to be recognized by the system, but the disk does not come to the desktop. I have removed the old kext files, reinstalled but the situation is the same. Is there anyone who can help me with this issue, maybe there is a command or setting that needs to be turned on via Opencore for RAID systems? Waiting for your replies, thank you.

Edit: There is a program called ATTO Configuration Tool that shows the status of the disks, when I open that program, there is a text "The controller driver must be loaded to access the firmware" on the screen.
Thanks to everyone who will help. Sorry for the Google Translate translation.

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Edited November 11, 2022 by Nota81

[fabiosun]

58 minutes ago, Nota81 said:

I have removed the old kext files, reinstalled but the situation is the same. Is there anyone who can help me with this issue,

have you checked if those kexts are loaded?

 

[Nota81]

Yes. The card appears to be installed in the system. I checked from system info. I cannot access the Raid HDD, the icon does not appear on the desktop. I removed the old files, tried again with a clean Monterey install but the result is the same.

 

Edit: Windows 11 is installed on the same system. it works fine with windows drivers but ryzentosh won't start on my system.

[fabiosun]

With which OSX do you see that raid disk?

are you sure raid kext are loaded and are you sure Monterey does not block some of them?

 

to check see in setting Software Extensions

 

[tomnic]

Do a kextstat command in terminal and post here the resulting listing, I suspect that it is blacklisted because of SIP and Gatekeeper

[Nota81]

kextstat Result.zip

Edited November 10, 2022 by Nota81

[Nota81]

 
Could the card have been set by the manufacturer to work for intel on MacOsx?

[fabiosun]

I do not think so

it seems a permission problem and kext is not loaded at all

 

[tomnic]

Try to issue these command in terminal:

 

sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASRAID.kext

 

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASRAID.kext

 

sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASRAID.kext

 

Post the error messages if any

 

 

[Nota81]

 

Thanks for your answers. I got these error codes.

[tomnic]

11 hours ago, Nota81 said:

 

Thanks for your answers. I got these error codes.

 

You need the first two lines of code first, to repair owner and permissions, otherwise the kextload won't work

 

[tomnic]

Try even to re-install the official package from ATTO website, I attach it there

ATTOExpressSASRAID2_3800f1.pkg.zip

[Nota81]

2 hours ago, tomnic said:

Try even to re-install the official package from ATTO website, I attach it there

ATTOExpressSASRAID2_3800f1.pkg.zip 391.26 kB · 0 downloads

 

So is there a connection between repairing permissions and SMBIOS registry?
I am using MacPro 7.1 SMBIOS. I could not find a suitable serial number, so applications such as icloud, facetime do not work on my computer. Is it possible that this affects permissions?
Because while installing ATTO Configuration Tool, the system asks me to login to iCloud. I hope I was able to explain with google translate. Sorry...

[tomnic]

1 hour ago, Nota81 said:

 

So is there a connection between repairing permissions and SMBIOS registry?
I am using MacPro 7.1 SMBIOS. I could not find a suitable serial number, so applications such as icloud, facetime do not work on my computer. Is it possible that this affects permissions?
Because while installing ATTO Configuration Tool, the system asks me to login to iCloud. I hope I was able to explain with google translate. Sorry...

 

There's no direct connection but you need a suitable serial to make a lot of apple services work. You can use this tool: https://github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS

[Nota81]

17 hours ago, tomnic said:

 

There's no direct connection but you need a suitable serial to make a lot of apple services work. You can use this tool: https://github.com/corpnewt/GenSMBIOS

All kext files are signed in the system, but the ATTO kext files I recently uploaded are having signature problems. Because of this situation, my computer does not accept the driver for my card.

Disabling SIP but every reboot SIP enable. Could the ATTO Card be design to work with intel on Mac?

Edited November 12, 2022 by Nota81

[tomnic]

Let's try some other commands:

 

sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA.kext

 

sudo spctl --master-disable

 

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOCelerityFC.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressPCI4.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA3.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASRAID.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext

 

Disable sip booting in Recovery and typing into terminal:

 

csrutil disable

 

Reboot and try again! AMD works beautifully with ATTO cards

[Nota81]

19 hours ago, tomnic said:

Let's try some other commands:

 

 

sudo chmod -R 755 /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA.kext

sudo chown -R root:wheel /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA.kext

 

sudo spctl --master-disable

 

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOCelerityFC.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressPCI4.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASHBA3.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASRAID.kext

sudo codesign --force --deep --sign - /Library/Extensions/ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext

 

Disable sip booting in Recovery and typing into terminal:

 

csrutil disable

 

Reboot and try again! AMD works beautifully with ATTO cards

 

 

@tomnic hello, first of all I would like to thank you very much for your help. It's very nice of you to help a person you don't know at all, you're great.

I think my problem is that SIP cannot be disabled. I execute the commands, turn on the computer in recovery mode, type "csrutil enable" and reboot. The computer does not react at all when turned on, nothing works, including shutdown.

Then I turn it off and turn it back on, reset the NVRAM, it works fine, but it seems to be enabled when I give the "csrutil status" command. SIP is not disabled.

I want to do a re-installation, because everything is very it got complicated, I will try my step-by-step installation. I will share the results for you and for other people.

 

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@tomnic ciao, prima di tutto vorrei ringraziarvi molto per il vostro aiuto. È molto gentile da parte tua aiutare una persona che non conosci affatto, sei fantastico.

Penso che il mio problema sia che SIP non può essere disabilitato. Eseguo i comandi, accendo il computer in modalità di ripristino, digito "csrutil enable" e riavvio.

Il computer non reagisce affatto quando è acceso, non funziona nulla, incluso l'arresto. Quindi lo spengo e lo riaccendo, resetto la NVRAM, funziona bene, ma sembra essere abilitato quando do il comando "csrutil status".

SIP non è disabilitato. Voglio fare una reinstallazione, perché tutto è molto confuso, proverò la mia installazione passo-passo. Condividerò i risultati per te e per altre persone.

 

Spero che "google translate" l'abbia tradotto correttamente. 🙂

Edited November 13, 2022 by Nota81