Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install

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Subject	Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install
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On 2014-03-06, David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> David Empson <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>
>> Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>> > On 2014-03-05 22:55:17 +0000, Király said:
>> > 
>> > > Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> > >> It's described as "Mac OS X Server Snow Leopard Unlimited Client - ( v.
>> > >> 10.6.3 ) - complete pack"
>> > >> 
>> > >> Part Number on box is: MC588Z/A
>> > > 
>> > > That is definitely the right product.
>> > > I haven't tried to install OS X Server before. Is there an Installation
>> > > Options button anywhere during the install process?
>> > 
>> > After agreeing to the SLA it goes straight to choosing the disk on 
>> > which to install. It says the two  disks I have attached at the moment
>> > aren't suitable. From reading around I suspect that they could be made
>> > suitable by erasing/repartitioning them but I don't want to lose the
>> > data. I'll try another disk that can be erased tomorrow (it's getting
>> > toward midnight here at the moment).
>> 
>> For reference, Snow Leopard Server (and earlier) does not require
>> installation on top of an existing OS X. I've installed both Leopard
>> Server and Snow Leopard Server directly on compatible Macs with erased
>> drives, using the respective retail DVDs.
>> 
>> I've also installed 10.6 Server from a disk image in a VMware Fusion VM
>> with a blank virtual drive. I don't recall exactly when I did this, so
>> I'm not sure which computer and version of VMware Fusion I was using at
>> the time.
>> 
>> I think it was an early minor version of VMware Fusion 4, which would
>> mean the installation was done on my Mid 2010 MacBook Pro. That computer
>> is too new to boot from from 10.6 or 10.6.3 retail DVDs (it was
>> introduced with a custom build of 10.6.3, and wasn't supported by the
>> general release of Snow Leopard until about 10.6.5), so the VM was able
>> to boot the 10.6 Server DVD but the host computer couldn't.
>> 
>> Since then, that VM has been copied to my Late 2013 MacBook Pro, now
>> running OS X 10.9.2, and I've upgraded to VMware Fusion 6 (which
>> triggered an upgrade of the VM), but I haven't tried installing 10.6
>> Server (or 10.6.3 Server) in VMware Fusion 6.
>> 
>> I don't have my server DVDs or disk images handy, so I can't try again
>> right now, but could in a few hours if I have time this evening.
>
> Got it now, and it works. I am in the process of installing 10.6.3
> Server in a new VM.
>
> Here is my setup.
>
> MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2013, Retina)
> Mac OS X 10.9.2
> External optical drive to read the DVD
> VMware Fusion 6.0.2
> DVD is the install disc from MC588Z/A "MAC OS X SERVER V10.6.3 REV 1"
>
> Steps I took to get to this point:
>
[snipped steps describing creating and using a disk image of 10.6 Server
to install into a VMware Fusion virtual machine]

That's basically the same procedure I used to create a 10.6 *client* VM.
Works great!

(One difference is rather than using a virtual disk for the VM storage, I
used a partition on a hard drive I'm using as a Boot Camp drive - also
for a VM.)

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JR

Thread

Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-05 20:41 +0000
  Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-03-05 16:27 -0500
    Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-05 22:28 +0000
  Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-05 21:52 +0000
    Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-05 22:30 +0000
      Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-05 22:55 +0000
        Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-05 23:36 +0000
          Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-03-06 13:55 +1300
            Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-03-07 12:12 +1300
              Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-07 01:07 +0000
                Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2014-03-07 19:37 +1300
                Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-07 14:50 +0000
              Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-07 11:44 +0000
              Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-07 13:42 +0000
        Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-06 11:35 +0000
          Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-06 12:23 +0000
          Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-03-06 16:40 +0000
            Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-06 17:50 +0000
              Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-03-06 19:09 +0000
                Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.com> - 2014-03-07 11:36 +0000
        Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Barry OGrady <atheist@hotmail.com.au> - 2014-03-09 20:27 +1100
  Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-03-06 16:39 +0000
    Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Kit <kitzyme@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-06 17:48 +0000

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