Re: booting an Xserve G5

Hi Greg,

Have you tried using the original disk that came with the machine?
That may be the ticket. I wonder if a client version of OS X can be
installed on an xserve. For some reason, I don't think it can. Will
you have a monitor or is it headless?

Mark

On Aug 21, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Greg Merritt wrote:

>
> We have a 2x2GHz Xserve G5. I need to boot it off of an optical
> disk to do some disk maintenance.
>
> Tried a pair of (desktop) OS 10.3 CDs and a (desktop) 10.4 upgrade
> DVD, but it would either give me a circle with a line through it or
> would spit out the disk. Woops!
>
> I don't think that all three of them are faulty. The machine is
> off-site... do I just need to bring an OS X Server v. 10.4 install
> DVD, and I'll be set to boot off of that? Anything funky with
> booting an Xserve? (Or do I have an uncannily unlucky run of three
> bad disks?) I want to make sure that I have what I need before I
> make my next trip.
>
> Thanks!
> -Greg
>
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