Install on OS X 10.5 (leopard) SERVER?

I'm trying to install CS3 Design Premium on a MacPro with Leopard Server.
Install immediately stops with a error message pointing me to tech support. All they say is: Server is not officially supported.
Anyone with a success story?

@ Buko: Yes I have (see orig. post): they say "server is not supported, try the forum" ;-)
@ Mike: ... Because I have a server on my desktop (MacPro). Leopard Server is essentially Leopard plus a few services (some of which I wanna use, such as iCal server). Unfortunateyl, I first installed OS X Server, then tried to install CS3.
I bet, if I tried it like this:
1. install OS X (not the server version)
2. install CS3
3. upgrade OS X to server (this is easily done with the Leopard Server install medium -- it installs the 'missing' services)
I would have succeeded. I did not want to reinstall everything, though, hence I did not try this route myself, yet.
Maybe anyone out there has tried this one?
Marc

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You would need to install SL (non sever) on you Mac Mini Server.
You may be able to install the nonsever version on your 2nd HDD
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So glad its you Mr. Hoffman - your guides are most helpful - thank you so much for what you do.
I did some digging and found out that since im running CS4 and that it trys to run on 64 bit mode but my Lion system and most folks systems I guess are in 32 bit mode - i had to down load some 32 bit Adobe Unit Types from Adobe and replace the ones on my system - restart - and bingo - im no longer getting those errors - see this link where i found this work around:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/516/cpsid_51615.html
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Thanks mende1, I appreciate the quick response.
What is the general consensus within the community about the relative benefits of upgrading to Mountain Lion (particularly within a server environment)? I'm thinking that if I have to do a complete OS install, I might as well upgrade to Mountain Lion and then apply the Server.app on top of that.

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Howdy All,
I installed Leopard Server a couple of weeks ago (update) and everything seemed to go well. All services worked well for a couple of weeks.
Just before I was going away I decided to increase the aggressiveness of the spam filtering. Seems like it was a bad move (although I am not certain that's what caused the problem).
Mail Services died just after I had left. Luckily I could remotely connect from overseas with Server Admin, remotely ssh, and even screen share.
Lots of debugging and analysis seemed to suggest the problem was with amavisd.
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A week later Mail stopped again. This time I tried to turn off all spam and antivirus filtering on the server (seemed this would be a simpler solution).
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I have had someone do a hard reboot of the machine, hoping this would at least give it a fresh start but still I am not able to connect in any way..
Any suggestions as to how I can fix things remotely?
The last time I connected I saw some process (amavisd?) being throttled in a log file, I am guessing something has gone out of control and is stealing all resources.
I am not sure why I can't even ssh to the machine. Ssh seems to make the connection but I don't get a shell (or something else is not proceeding).
Using a VPN connection:
MacRyan:~ ashley$ ssh -v [email protected]
OpenSSH_4.5p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7l 28 Sep 2006
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug1: Connecting to 192.168.1.2 [192.168.1.2] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file .../.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file .../.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file .../.ssh/id_dsa type -1
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Many thanks for your answer, Michael. You're very kind
I read about this problem on Mac forums, and now I have read those links you sent me, but, unfortunately, I do not found the solution.
In any case, I deleted Parallels 10 (after paying the upgrade) because after installing several times Parallels Tools, Snow Leopard Server system was corrupted and appeared the screen full of stains, no folders, etc.
Thinking I had lost all the files, I tried to reinstall SLS as a virtual machine, but I could not do it because it gave me error continuously.
Then I deleted PD 10, but I'd like to retrieve at least files I had in the virtual disk... Although it is possible that everyone has been corrupted.
When I have time will connect an iMac to my main iMac by firewire (although this is not easy) to see if I can convert my main iMac in an external hard drive, but I don't know if doing that I'll get access to folders and files I had in Snow Leopard Server. When I try that, I’ll talk you.
Best regards.

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When baltwosaid NO emphatically, that was described as CORRECT ANSWER. Ditto in the caeses of the radically different answers from Camelotand Matt Clifton
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Hi GrainFocuser;
Your copy of SL Server version is probably too old to install on the new Mac Mini. It probably doesn't have all of the correct drivers for the newer hardware.
You might have better success with your alternatives if you post over on the server forum instead of here.
Allan
Message was edited by: Allan Eckert
Allan, thanks.
It is pretty clear that my installation disk is too old, hence looking for options and suggestions.
In years past with previous versions of Server, there was a way to install an outdated install disk (a point release or 3 behind) and then run the necessary installation updates...either through target disk mode or on to a separate boot disc.
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The installer tells me I cannot perform the upgrade because the OS on the machine
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before I can install the server OS. I do not want to reformat my hard disk, because I want to
keep the data there. How can I accomplish what I want to do.

server questions should be asked in the server forum
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=264
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I want to install Snow Leopard Server on our MacPro(2.66) using Mac Mini Snow Leopard Server disks? I kept getting an error for backwards compatibility. Is this possible or do I need topurchase another copy of Snow Leopard Server?

The OS disks that are shipped with a particular product
are set up so that tey will only install on that product.
It will install on any Mini of that exact vintage, but that
is all.
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are trying to do. The license for OSX shipped with any
is only valid for that product. Also, Snow Leopard,
including Server, is only permitted to be run on one
computer at a time. Bottom line, unlike Lion, legally
you cannot install the same copy on multiple
computers unless some "family pack" or site license
is purchased.
Yes, you need to purchase another copy.
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http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macosx_snowleopard.pdf

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