Installing OS X Server Version 1.1 |
July, 09, 2003 8:36 PM |
eric205 |
I am trying to install OS X Server Version 1.1 using XPF 2.2.5. But XPF won’t recognize the CD as an installer CD. It just says " Mac OS X Server is not formatted as an HFS Plus disk". I am installing on to an 8600/300 with OS 9.1. If I boot from the CD it starts OS 8.6 so this is defiantly an early version. Thanks Eric |
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RE: Installing OS X Server Version 1.1 |
July, 13, 2003 2:10 PM |
nick.ashton |
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I doubt that this version of OS X Server has drivers available for any cards that weren't shipped with supported platforms so you'll have to put a drive on the built-in bus to play with it. Maybe not worth the effort since you won't have any direct upgrade path. |
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RE: Installing OS X Server Version 1.1 |
July, 13, 2003 1:34 PM |
eric205 |
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An ATTO U2LD |
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RE: Installing OS X Server Version 1.1 |
July, 12, 2003 7:04 AM |
nick.ashton |
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If your drives are not on the built-in SCSI bus then it is probably that there is no device driver in the OS X system for your 3rd party SCSI card rather than a disk formatting problem. If you can put a drive on your internal SCSI bus you should be successful. What SCSI card are you using? |
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RE: Installing OS X Server Version 1.1 |
July, 11, 2003 11:13 PM |
eric205 |
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I tried the Configurations settings. The installer asks me which drive I want to install to and then reboots in to OS X. It does some processing and says "The Installer was unable to find any disks to install on. Press Return to shutdown: " After I boot back into OS 8.6 the installer lists the partition as "Mac OS X Server Install Partition". My Guess is that it is the disk drivers and my SCSI card. I am using HD speed tools 3.4 to partition the disks as the drives are not supported by drive setup. I think I am going to see if I can dig something up on apple website. |
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RE: Installing OS X Server Version 1.1 |
July, 11, 2003 8:15 AM |
nick.ashton |
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There is a menu option which lets you perform the installation on an "unsupported" platform. When you get the message saying "Mac OS X Server cannot be installed on this computer" go to the "Special" menu and select "Configurations...". This will throw up a dialogue box with a checkbox that says "Allow installation on unsupported configurations". There is also a dire warning about this possibly wrecking your disk and/or computer, that's just a standard disclaimer, but only proceed if you accept the small risk involved! You will need to have a partition of at least 1, preferably 2GB free to install onto. This partition will be erased by the installation procedure so be warned. It will give you the option of formatting this partition as HFS+ or as UFS, choose HFS+ (aka Mac OS Extended format). I have run this version of OS X Server on my 8600 many moons ago. It works fine with the original 604e processor, can't remember if I ever ran it with the G3 upgrade installed but should be fine except your L2 cache won't be enabled which will slow it down.. |
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RE: Installing OS X Server Version 1.1 |
July, 10, 2003 9:26 PM |
eric205 |
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When I try to run the installed from the CD it says "Mac OS X Server cannot be installed on this computer". I read the documentation on the cd and it states that it requires a desktop or minitower G3. So it looks like I am out of luck. At least I got it for free. |
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RE: Installing OS X Server Version 1.1 |
July, 10, 2003 7:42 PM |
nick.ashton |
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You don't need XPF to install this version of OS X Server on an 8600. Although it is called "OS X" it predates the 10.0.0 systems - it was an early attempt by Apple to provide a migration path for users who had been running A/UX and AIX based servers. If you boot from the CD and simply run the "Install OS X Server" utility it will ask you to nominate which disk/partition you want to install on and then proceed to reboot in "OS X" and continue the rest of the install from there. However, you won't be able to run any of the true OS X software on this machine - just the utilities that come on the disk. It does support a Classic environment but it may not be able to run OS 9 in classic. |