[FX.php List] [OFF-TOPIC] A bug discovery in OS X Server and OS X 10.4 installers

[John May]

>>I'd be concerned it's a hardware issue, especially if you're using 
>>it as a server.  I've formatted drives on all numbers of machines, 
>>including Intel boxes, with Disk Utility from the installer disc.
>>
>
>That was my original concern, but they checked the machine, found 
>nothing wrong with either drive or machine itself. He took the RAM 
>out, tested them one by one, ran it overnight, found nothing. He ran 
>every diagnostic that he had, because I kept insisting that there 
>was a problem, and he couldn't find it because he didn't reenact the 
>install the way that I had; he had already initialized the drive 
>from his startup HD, so the problem was gone.
>
>I made it happen 3 times in a row when I was testing... always the 
>same. Have you tried installing OS X Server 10.4.7 on one of the new 
>quad-core Macs? This may be machine-specific; I never had this 
>problem on any of my other OS X Server machines.


Never tried that specific combination.

I do know there was a screwy install issue with OS X server on the 
old G4 Xserves where the install disc wouldn't boot if there was more 
than 512MB ram installed.  Gotta love that black magic...

	- John

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