10.3.9 to 10.4 upgrade, hanging after language selection on initial setup

xserve was on 10.3.9. i ran the 10.4 upgrade dvd. server rebooted and gave me the language selection dialog. i selected 'english' and continued. 'welcome to os x' window appears momentarily with blue progress bar which finishes. this window disappears and then the screen is all blue with a spinning wheel that goes on forever.
i rebooted and tried again. same result.
i booted from install dvd. repaired permissions. renamed /Library/StartupItems folder to 'StartupItemsDisabled'.
rebooted and same result.
now the installed dvd will only let me do an 'erase and install' which i'd prefer not to do. this server is hosting a filemaker pro server installation.
any suggestions?
thanks!

Hi
You could also try target disk moding the XServe to another mac that has a DVD drive and try from there. Make sure you have a fallback position before trying this as Daddy has already suggested if the disk is bad you might get it installed but subsequently have boot problems with your Xserve.
Tony

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1 ED0320XStart phase "001" **********************************************************
1 ED0306       "Preprocessing of TBATG"
1 ED0301 *************************************************************************
1 ED0301X*************************************************************************
1 ED0306       "Preprocessing of TBATG"
1 ED0322 End phase "001" ***********************************************************
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1 ED0314 DD: Execution of Database Operations
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fedadm       20140317101106    : tp ntaction ntop=ANTCPINT FED pf=/EHP6/SUM/abap/var/NTMOVMTT.TPP srctt=DDNTT~ srctf=DDNTF~ dsttt=DDMTT~ dsttf=DDMTF~ intdel=YES ttnot=_J -Dntact_timecmp=no protyear=81 fromtabname=E1 totabname=PP (pid=20250662)
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### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/RUN_RSCPINTS_POOL2SHD:
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fedadm       20140317102925    : tp pf=/EHP6/SUM/abap/var/SHADOW.TPP delstopmark buffer=FED (pid=22347776)
fedadm       20140317102925    : tp pf=/EHP6/SUM/abap/var/TABUPOSTSHD.TPP put FED (pid=22347778)
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
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### Phase MAIN_SHDIMP/SUBMOD_SHD2_RUN/TABIM_POST_SHD:
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10.6.8 --> 10.9 Upgrade: hangs at Server App "Upgrading services"
Upgraded XServe-Early-2009 to Mavericks OS no problem. Albeit extremely slow (50min install, 2hr cataloging).
Initiating Server for 1st time renders a Hang at "Upgrading services" (left it for 1-1/2hrs).
Then computer claims hard disk is almost full, so I trashed a bunch of crap.
Force Quit (Server install) and Restart shows white screen.
Target FireWire in order to DiskWarrior and Repair Permissions brought XServe back to life.
Downloaded Server App again (for kicks).
2nd attempt at running Server App renders a Hang again at "Upgrading services".
Was I being silly thinking I'd have a flawless Upgrade and get home in time for Turkey ?
Does anybody have any ideas what could be happening ?
Thanks, and have a Happy Thansgiving !!
Jay Luke
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You were probably foolish to try this before a holiday weekend. Repeat after me...
Q: What is the first rule of upgrading OS X Server on a Production Server?
A: You don't upgrade OS X Server on a Production Server.
Q: What is the second rule of upgrading OS X Server on a Production Server?
A: You DO NOT upgrade OS X Server on a Production Server without a backup!
You get the point. Hopefully, this made you smile a bit. I feel your pain.
So, first... Tell me you have a backup of the 10.6.8 boot volume before your started and that you can restore, walk away slowly, and pretend this never happened.
If this is not the case, the next step is to define a list of all services that you had running on the server before attempting the upgrade. Remember, there are a lot of services removed between 10.6 and 10.9 (Podcast, MySQL, Tomcat, QTSS, etc). If you were using one of those services, the upgrade process may be halting. Likewise, if you are using something like mail, there may be a long reindexing process. So, while the 1 to 1.5 hours sounds very long, it is possible that the server was doing something. That leads to the next place to look.
What was being reported in the log files. System log, Open Directory log, and even the all events log can be helpful in tracking down an error or long running process.
Likewise, what does Activity Viewer show during this upgrade. What process(es) is/are consuming CPU? Disk I/O? The assumption is that the server is trying to do something (hopefully).
You are going to need your put on your Sherlock Holmes' deerstalker for this one. I will also point out that the "out of disk space" error is sounding particularly terrifying.
You may be having a very long Friday.
R-
Apple Consultants Network
Apple Professional Services
Author "Mavericks Server – Foundation Services" :: Exclusively available in the iBooks Store

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