Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Snow Leopard Server won't install Date: 7 Mar 2014 01:07:52 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 77 Message-ID: References: <2014030520412170798-kitzyme@yahoocouk> <2014030522302321269-kitzyme@yahoocouk> <2014030523362553399-kitzyme@yahoocouk> <1li38st.1y0bmc46hmgvaN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> <1li4urh.11uqfevn7ecqxN%dempson@actrix.gen.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net vAv6JhoNLPJfnrXh1jrA5Q8fAsBrSpGc6ZNQG0vnymzjf/1vGF Cancel-Lock: sha1:NR4czMIHaky2e6kvKW0P6mvQMn4= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:57686 On 2014-03-06, David Empson wrote: > David Empson wrote: > >> Kit wrote: >> >> > On 2014-03-05 22:55:17 +0000, Király said: >> > >> > > Kit 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.) -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR