(Note, in step 5 b iii below, I use the name lroot as the short name of the admin user that you set up in this step. At the end of the setup, the machine will reboot. And I do not enable any Services at this time. Try and use whatever settings the final set up will have (except for the Directory Usage). One key point is to pick "Standalone" for the Directory Usage question.
its just disk space, right?ģ) After the install, the machine will reboot from the Temp Server Boot Partition.
#Cleaner mac os 10.4 install#
I picked all of the install packages since you will not get a chance to add them later. Load the 10.4 code onto the Temp Server Boot.
#Cleaner mac os 10.4 mac os x#
This is not absolutely necessary but it provides an easy point to fall back to if things get hosed up along the way.Ģ) Insert the Mac OS X Server DVD into the old server. This will save having to set up the network settings.ġ) Partition the spare drive into two partitions. New Boot Drive: The hard disk of the new server that it will boot from.Ġ) A pre-gymnastic item you can do is download the Mac OS X 10.4.4 Combo Update and put it on the old server somewhere that will be easy to find. I called this partition "Server"Ĭlient Boot Partition: The other partition of the spare drive.
Temp Server Boot Partition: One of the partitions of the spare drive. Old Boot Drive: the drive that the old server boots from right now. It is NOT able to install 10.4 - thus the gymnastics that follow.Ĥ) A copy of 10.4 client as well as a copy of 10.4 server. It is able to install 10.4Ģ) A new server. I have been told by the guys at the Apple Store that I need 10.4.4 disks but they do not exist yet. When I tried to boot from my 10.4 Server disks, the machine crashed.
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