[UniMacTech] 10.5 server on G4 Xserve

[Craig Richardson]

You can hook up a second Mac with a DVD drive via Firewire, start it  
in target disk mode and then the DVD drive should be visible to the G4  
Xserve.

cheers,
Craig

On 31/03/2009, at 4:28 PM, David Wikeley wrote:

> Hi all,
>    I am wanting to install 10.5 Server on our old G4 Xserve but this  
> only
> has a CD drive. Apart from using an external DVD drive is there a  
> way to do
> the install?
>
> I have had a look at Server Assistant which supposedly allows you to  
> do
> remote installs to a server, but this cannot see the server in  
> question (ip
> address, DNS name or browse).
>
> Any other suggestions? I don't want to stop another server to do an  
> install
> via target disk mode.
>
> -- 
> David Wikeley
> IT Manager
> Faculty of Health Science
> University of Tasmania
> 43 Collins Street
> Hobart, Tasmania.
> T: 03 62264751
> W: www.healthsci.utas.edu.au/
>
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