[tasslehawf]

I was just wondering if anyone else has gotten this to work. I get the
impression that OS X server 1.2 will install on first generation iMacs.
But I have version 1.1. When I run the installer it tell me it won't
install on my machine (it does that for my G4 as well). So I do
unsupported configuration install and when it gets to the part when I
choose a HD to install on, it always crashes. My questions are: Is there
a solution for this? Do I need 1.2?

Also, if I start up off the OSX booter CD (boots into OSX Server), it
gives me the option of what language I want to use to install (this is a
unix-like console). But when U chose English it tells me that there's no
target disk specified. Can I format a UFS volume and do the install from
the console?

Mike

iMac's not supported. Do you have any reason to believe it will work?

I always figured Apple wouldn't support IDE hard drives in server. Perhaps that's what you're experiencing.

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Rick Koch, MCSE
My personal computer is a Macintosh.

[nibs]

i've got mac os x server installed on a rev d imac. i believe i used version 1.0 for the install and then upgraded to 1.2. i already had an ufs partition.
you can make ufs partitions with pdisk. basically you just specify that the type is going to be "Apple_Rhapsody_UFS"...
i'm assuming you know how to use pdisk. if you create a partition with 'C' it allows you to specify the partition type after you name the partition. once again i used "Apple _Rhapsody_UFS" and it worked.

[tasslehawf]

As soon as I choose my MacOS (X) Server UFS partition, I get a "System Error -36" and the computer crashes.

As to why I think this will work? I've read extensively that OS X Server will do an unsupported install on all first generation iMacs.

Here's another question: Could it be a problem with the iMac firmware? Could I have a newer firmware than Server 1.1 supports?

[spicyjeff]

tasslehawf :
I was able to successfully install MacOS X server on a Rev. A iMac using the unsupported install option. I also was able to successfully install on a G3/450 Rev. B after solving the same install crash you describe where it hangs on disk selection. I found the problem to be that MacOS X Server only supports IDE Master drives and I had a second IDE drive setup as slave I was trying to install on. Once I switched the drive to Master everything worked fine. Now this still won't help you since your iMac's harddrive is set to master by default from the factory , so unless you've tinkered with the IDE drive settings I doubt this is the same as your problem.
Hope you figure it out, check out the Apple TIL articles at their website, they were a great deal of help for me.

[nibs]

i believe i have applied all the firmware patches, so that shouldn't be the problem. you are booting off the mac os x server disk right?

[tasslehawf]

First of all, yes I am booting off the CD.

Secondly, the HD in my iMac is set to "single". I think I had it set to master before and had to change it back to get the drive to boot. But I should check. I believe that the iMac's IDE bus for the HD only supports 1 drive, so then will it work to have that one drive set to master?

I'll have to set it to master again, and see what it does.

[tasslehawf]

Have people that have installed OS X Server on their iMacs changed the jumper settings on their hard drives, or replaced their hard drives?

[nibs]

i changed the jumper settings and overclocked it from 333 to 400mhz. (on a side note, mac os 9 knew the cpu was at 400mhz but os x server thinks it's at -315mhz, the bus speed is also off)
anyway, the keyboard in os x server will not work if i keep certain usb devices plugged in (my pc cam for one) i'm not saying that that is your problem, but it's something you might wanna watch out for.

[tasslehawf]

so you changed the jumper settings on your hard drive to master?

[nibs]

no, i didn't change those jumpers. i thought you were talking about different jumpers.
my bad

[tasslehawf]

Arrg. Why won't this work??

iMac (Rev. C) 266. Hard drive jumpers set to "single" (I don't think it will work in master). 96mb RAM. Hard drive reformatted, 1 UPS Server partition.

It crashes with a system error -36 when I select and partition to install on every time.