[FX.php List] [OFF-TOPIC] A bug discovery in OS X Server and
OS X 10.4 installers
John May
jmaymailing at pointinspace.com
Tue May 22 15:37:04 MDT 2007
Right, but you can get to Disk Utility from the installer under one
of the menus. This has always worked for me, and I know for sure
I've reinstalled over previous OS X Server installs.
- John
>You would think so, but it wouldn't work either; it hung up just
>like OS X Server did.
>
>Believe me, I tried everything; with OS X you can't boot your Mac
>with a DVD and get to the Finder, so your options are limited. I did
>just create a bootable system on a flash drive this weekend, but
>fortunately haven't had an opportunity to try it yet.
>
>Bob Patin
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>On May 22, 2007, at 2:54 PM, John May wrote:
>
>>Can't you just boot from the install disc and run Disk Utility from
>>there to format the drive?
>>
>> - John
>>
>>>Recently, in the process of setting up my new web server, I
>>>discovered a bug in OS X Server and OS X's installers that I was
>>>able to reproduce:
>>>
>>>If you do an install of OS X Server and it doesn't completely
>>>install properly, or if you wanted to reinstall OS X Server for
>>>some reason, you would normally put the install DVD into the
>>>machine and reinstall. The installer tells you that you have to
>>>initialize the drive, so you click that button and proceed.
>>>
>>>In my testing, I discovered that OS X Server would hang up forever
>>>at the beginning of the install, UNLESS the drive was already
>>>initialized. I went through hours of grief over this; I tried
>>>installing OS X (not Server), again checking the box to init the
>>>drive, but it too hung up. I suspect it has something to do with
>>>OS X Server being on the machine; I didn't test to see if I could
>>>overwrite OS X on a previously-installed disk that had OS X on it.
>>>
>>>When I realized that the problem was that the drive had a previous
>>>version of OS X Server on it, I started thinking of how I might
>>>initialize the drive:
>>>
>>>a) put a 2nd drive into the machine, install a system on it
>>>b) get a new drive
>>>
>>>But here's the solution: I mounted the drive to my laptop using
>>>Firewire target disk mode; I then was able to initialize the
>>>drive. Once I did that, I was able to put OS X Server on without
>>>any trouble.
>>>
>>>Thought I'd share it in case someone else stumbles into this same problem...
>>>
>>>Bob Patin
>>>Longterm Solutions
>>>bob at longtermsolutions.com
>>>615-333-6858
>>>http://www.longtermsolutions.com
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