Install 10.3 Server on Mac mini

Feb 02, '05 08:29:00AM

Contributed by: jmdevaney

The OS X Server (Panther) CDs will not boot the MacMini. To work around this, attach a FireWire drive to a Mac capable of installing Panther Server. Install to the FireWire drive, and run all updates. Now connect the FireWire drive to the mini, and boot off of the mini's Boot DVD. Click on the Apple logo menu item, and choose Disk Utility.

Once Disk Utility is opened, select the Mac mini internal disk and choose Restore. Drag the FireWire volume to the source box, and drag the mini's hard drive to the destination box, and choose Restore. Once complete, shutdown and disconnect the FireWire drive and reboot the mini into Panther Server.

Everything should now work.

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