[UniMacTech] 10.5 server on G4 Xserve

[John Haywood]

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.
>
> -- 

A couple of suggestions:

1.	put a laptop with a DVD drive and firewire (!) into Target Disk  
Mode and plug it into the XServe via Firewire. the XServe will see the  
disk in the drive

2.	(my favourite) Partition a drive into 3 partitions - 2 small (about  
10G). Use Disk Utility to Restore the install media onto one  
partition. Use the OSX Client installer to Restore to the second  
partition.

Go nuts - put the combo updaters for both onto one of the partitions,  
use the remnant for backing up the server once its installed

--
John Haywood, Senior IT Consultant
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