Oh cool!
Now does this just pretty much modify the NVRAM making it independent of the software once installed? Like i install it, turn it on, and i can swap out the hard drive with a bigger one? And i guess that means i should make sure my PRAM battery is tip top?
I would know- I programmed it! :lol: LeopardAssist and Overdrive were both my "spare time creations". The software is written around some code I found a few years back that puts a flag in the NVRAM to enable what i'm guessing was an experimental LBA48 mode (at the time).
This enables the LBA48 mode of the drive controller. You're now able to use drives larger than 128GB in these machines.
Unfortunately Overdrive was a bit of a risk app for me to write and release for two reasons. First being that the LBA48 in these older machines was experimental and although it worked fine on most machines, it had issues on others. Secondly and most importantly, if you use Overdrive and the NVRAM somehow clears, Mac OS X will still think the full 160GB is available. Write past it though, and your data's toast. I included "Overdrive Agent" in 1.0.1 and higher to help mitigate the second issue, but if the user doesn't know what they're doing, it can still go ignored. That's why development on Overdrive was dramatically slowed.
