How to boot PPC Xserve without an internal cd-rom?

I can't believe there's no cd-rom on this server.
Is there any method to boot this thing using an external cd-rom drive?
Trying to install Linux on it.
I've tried Firewire cd-rom, USB2 cdrom, Netboot (netboot almost worked).
Does Apple sell a kit that will add a cd-rom to this box?
I'd like to tell you what it is, but there's no model # anywhere on it. ***.
It's got one hard disk, no cd-rom, and on the back label it says "2GHZ DP/512MB/80GB ADM
There appears to be a space for a cd-drive, but it obviously requires a special ribbon cable to work, and it's not there.

Hi ppcosx_nocdrom-
Greetings and welcome to the Apple Discussion boards
Do you have access to another Mac? If so you could try FireWire Target Disk Mode: How to use FireWire TDM with list of machines
A FW CDRom should work if the unit is not locked and presuming the FireWire bus is not damaged.
Luck-
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Not so — I've done it on my UMBP.
Quoting from the UMBP user guide, pages 57-8:
+To use Apple Hardware Test:+
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+4 Press the Return key or click the right arrow button.+
+5 When the Apple Hardware Test main screen appears (after about 45 seconds), follow the onscreen instructions.+
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Iv'e done this before but seem to have problems remembering which keys to holddown during restart to get to disk utilities Comand R?

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1. Put the restore CDs into another computer and extract the Ghost image files "01131000.GHO" and "01131000.CRC" from disk 1 and "01131001.GHS" from disk 2.
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Hi George.
Thanks for your useful description.
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Why won't my Intel iMac boot up, either from the internal hard drive or the DVD drive? It just displays a light grey screen, without any other icons, etc. The fact that it won't boot from the original system DVD is what baffles me the most. Any ideas?

Why won't my Intel iMac boot up, either from the internal hard drive or the DVD drive? It just displays a light grey screen, without any other icons, etc. The fact that it won't boot from the original system DVD is what baffles me the most. Any ideas? It uses the latest version of Mavericks. Thanks!

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hi,
i'm using my MacMini on Mavericks with my iMac's screen. when i want to see the MacMini, i press cmd-F2 on the iMac's keyboard. so far so good.
problem is now i need to boot on my MacMini's recovery partition (to delete Macintosh HD since i'm selling the MacMini). i rebooted from the MacMini pressing Alt key for a very long time , lost the "MacMini's" screen, and THEN i pressed cmd-F2 on the iMac's keyboard.
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i tried several times but no success.
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i'm really stuck. any suggestions please?
Thanks

belso wrote:
that means that, without a monitor (which i don't have anyway - apart from my iMac's one), i won't be able to see the recovery partition on the MacMini, right.
my main concern is to erase my MacMini's Macintosh HD before I sell the machine.
as a workaround, i'm considering:
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2. then i'd place plenty of dummy data on the empty new Mavericks install.
3. then i'd do another "install and erase"
please let me know whether such a procedure would make my personal data not retrievable by the person who'll purchase the MacMini.
Thanks.
Correct. You have to use a monitor to view the Recovery HD's OS X Utilities Menu. If there is a way of viewing the Recovery HD - OS X Utilities menu without a monitor, I don't know how.
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How do I install Tiger without DVD drive on a Powerbook?
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See Option 2 in
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I just tried it between a Power Mac G5 and a PowerBook G3 (Pismo) and it worked. The G5 was Mac in Firewire Target Disk Mode. I started the G5 with the T with no DVD in the drive. I started up the G3, and the G5's hard drive appeared on the G3's desktop. I pushed the eject key (on the G5 keyboard) and the SuperDrive opened. I put in a DVD (the Tiger installation disk) and closed the SuperDrive. The DVD appeared on the G3's desktop. I restarted the G3 with the Option key held down, and the DVD in the G5 appeared as a valid startup choice."

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I'm having the following problem with my Thinkpad T61.
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Pavilion TouchSmart PC 20-f323, how to boot from a DVD?

My client has a HP Pavilion 20-f323 TouchSmart PC with Windows 8 on it and wants to downgrade and install Windows 7 Pro instead.
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Any other URLs pointing to this downgrade process would be appreciated!
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HP doesn't recommend the installation of Windows 7 on a computer shipped with Windows 8, nor will it support the installation of Windows 7. HP will not provide Windows 7 drivers and suitable drivers may not be available for the hardware in the computer. Also, Windows 7 may not support some of the hardware or software features designed for the computer.
Make sure you create your HP Recovery Discs or USB Flash Recovery media before modifying or changing ANYTHING.
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XServe only sees internal solid-state drive, doesn't not see any other hard drives. I currently have (3) 1 TB drives in each bay. Disk Utility only sees CD-ROM and solid-state drive.
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Some more details would be helpful:
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Do you have a RAID card?
SATA or SAS drives?
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=Tod
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How do i transfer data from one internal tabe to another.

Hi All,
         How do i transfer data from one internal tabe to another.
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Please Advice.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Saket Tiwari,
I hope the earlier post by kashyap is good enough an answer. anywas in addition to it let me give a detailed
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but u hav to be careful because he contents of itab2 will eb overwritten on the execution of this statement.
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Coming to the letter part of your question, Yes, we can copy values between tables having different structures.
for this we use
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I hope the information provided has been of your help.
Reward if useful.
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Jose

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