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fisherKing · Dec 3, 2004, 02:08 PM

my friend had problems with his tiBook, so he did an archive & install.
when he rebooted, the startup screen said
welcome to mac osx 10.3 server, and wanted a password to set it up.

any idea how this happens?
(and what to do to get back to normal...!)

thanx!

Millennium · Dec 3, 2004, 03:37 PM

Are you sure he used an OSX disc, and not an OSX Server disc?

Either way, it shouldn't be harmful. OSX Server is just OSX with a few extra apps bundled in. They run all the same programs, and except for these extra apps the code between them is identical.

fisherKing · Dec 3, 2004, 03:40 PM

Originally posted by Millennium:
Are you sure he used an OSX disc, and not an OSX Server disc?

Either way, it shouldn't be harmful. OSX Server is just OSX with a few extra apps bundled in. They run all the same programs, and except for these extra apps the code between them is identical.

hmmm...
he can't get in.
wants a server password.
there's no option to restart.

(i'm gonna try to go & see it this weekend).

any suggestions would be greatly (etc etc)....

ManOfSteal · Dec 3, 2004, 03:41 PM

Originally posted by Millennium:
They run all the same programs, and except for these extra apps the code between them is identical.

Are you sure about that? I don't think that's true.

Nexus5 · Dec 3, 2004, 03:57 PM

Originally posted by ManOfSteal:
Are you sure about that? I don't think that's true.

You are right, its not true. Mac OS X server is optimized for *server* specific tasks. Adding a fews apps and services doesent make Mac OS X client a real server operating system. There are a lot of fine tuned configuration parameters like network, file and memory management settings.

nexus5.

Link · Dec 3, 2004, 04:02 PM

To me, it sounds like it borked partially and set up the OS as a 'server' (swap boot logo images by accident), and forgot to setup the users...

You can fix that with the boot disk, just add/change the main account (if there's one), or enable root so you can make one. Whoops!

I doubt 10.3's normal disks have the resources for the server version, but all disks have both the server and normal boot images.

ManOfSteal · Dec 3, 2004, 04:04 PM

Originally posted by Nexus5:
You are right, its not true. Mac OS X server is optimized for *server* specific tasks. Adding a fews apps and services doesent make Mac OS X client a real server operating system. There are a lot of fine tuned configuration parameters like network, file and memory management settings.

Exactly. Plus, I assume that is why we see a "Server Update" almost immediately after a "Client Update"...they are updating different parameters within the operating system that pertain to that particular code.

I also recall hearing that some applications don't function on OSXS, as they were built for OS X client. I can't recall which one, but I'm sure several exist.

tooki · Dec 3, 2004, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by Millennium:
Either way, it shouldn't be harmful. OSX Server is just OSX with a few extra apps bundled in. They run all the same programs, and except for these extra apps the code between them is identical.

Not really.

It's true that most of it is the same, but some core things like networking and DNS are wildly different.

tooki

Sharky K. · Dec 4, 2004, 04:49 AM

and when I try to install iLive '04, the Server version says: "no no, this is server and you are not going to use this

so you won't able to install the software."

Really annoying.