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

[Bob Patin]

Thanks Dale... I think that should remove the sketchiness... :)


On May 22, 2007, at 9:14 PM, Dale Bengston wrote:

> I think it's something about OS X Server. I bought a Mac mini,  
> wiped it with an OS X Server install dvd, installed OS X Server.  
> Then I thought better of it and put it back. I had the same  
> symptoms Bob describes when trying to install OS X over OS X  
> Server, initializing the drive as part of the OS X install. I had  
> no such problems going the other way: it was no problem to  
> initialize the drive as part of the OS X Server install, replacing  
> the pre-installed OS X.
>
> After thinking about this a bit more, I thought this was more  
> familiar than I'd thouht. So I went and looked at my notes and  
> realized that I did indeed also start the mini in target disk mode,  
> hook it to my laptop and initialize it that way, because Disk  
> Utility on neither the OS X or OS X Server install dvds would  
> initialize the drive. Disk Utility on my laptop did it, no problem.  
> Then I shut down and put the OS X install dvd back in the mini and  
> started up. I had everything installed in no time after that.
>
> Maybe I blocked out the target disk mode part. I remember now  
> thinking, "I hope this works, because if it doesn't, then I have a  
> nice Mac mini doorstop without an OS on it, nor any way to put one  
> on it."
>
> According to my notes, I tried the OS X Server (Intel) install dvd,  
> the OS X install dvd that came with the mini, and the OS X install  
> dvd that came with my MacBook Pro. Zero for three. Target disk mode  
> was the winner.
>
> Dale

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