Snow Leopard Server Trial version caused macbook to crash at installation

I was testing out snow leopard and had problems installing it. My macbook crashed and I don't know how it happened. Everyone should know that you will need mobileme if you have this software, it uses that as the startup disk.

Where did you get this trial version?

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How do I uninstall Snow Leopard Server, so that I can revert back to Snow Leopard?

I was experimenting with the Snow Leopard Server DVD on my MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. I started the installation process, expecting that it would not install on the Startup Disk, as I had not booted from the DVD.
To my surprise it installed!
How do I "uninstall" or revert back to Snow Leopard, without have to take such drastic steps that I would lose all of my Snow Leopard System folder contents (such as doing a wipe and starting over with a fresh Snow Leopard install)? Thank you.

I assume by "back up your data" you mean a Time Machine backup?
Preferably, yes.
I have a BootCamp partition to run Windows; does Time Machine back that up, too?
No, but it won't be affected unless something goes wrong. You still need to back it up, of course, just like all other data.

Where to buy Snow Leopard Server? OEM okay?

All,
I have half a dozen XServe (late 2008 machines) to upgrade from Leopard Server to Snow Leopard Server. I have been investigating how to go about doing this and have a couple of questions:
1) does Apple still sell this software? If so, how the heck to I order it? Searching for Apple software in the Store is an exersize in futility!
2) I've found several suppliers of OEM versions of Snow Leopard Server for impossibly low prices. I have installation media, I simply need the license keys; is this a good route to go?
Thanks for the feedback, everyone!
-Brian

1) does Apple still sell this software? If so, how the heck to I order it? Searching for Apple software in the Store is an exersize in futility!
This is a question a lot of people have. There's no clear answer, other than Apple don't seem to offer it any more.
2) I've found several suppliers of OEM versions of Snow Leopard Server for impossibly low prices. I have installation media, I simply need the license keys; is this a good route to go?
There is no such thing as an OEM version of Snow Leopard Server - or of any Mac OS X System.
Since Apple develop and sell both the software and the hardware, there's no OEM market - it's not like you can buy a Dell or a HP with Mac OS X installed (which would be an OEM version of Mac OS X for Dell or HP).
Therefore, any site offering an OEM version of Mac OS X is absolutely, definitely, 100% a scam.
At best they're reselling older copies (which is questionable), at worst they're a malware farm trying to con you into installing fake software, or charging you for something they can't deliver.

Installing Snow Leopard server (10.6.0) over Snow Leopard 10.6.2

I need to convert my Mac Pro to run Snow Leopard Server. I have the DVDs.
The installer tells me I cannot perform the upgrade because the OS on the machine
is more recent than the one on the DVD. I guess I have to downgrade to Snow Leopard 10.6.0
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
assuming your mac pro did not come with 10.6.2 preinstalled you can reinstall 10.6.0 on it in the usual manner. boot from the snow leopard 10.6.0 install dvd (insert the dvd, reboot and hold "c" at the chime). and follow the instructions. this will preserve your data and applications. but as with any system install you should have a full backup before doing it.

How do I remotely access my Snow Leopard server from my Mountain Lion MacBook Air

Does anyone know of an idiot's guide to setting up a VPN to access my server? I'm running Snow Leopard server in the office and I'd like to be able to access the server, probably just from one computer (MacBook Air runnung Mountain Lion) from home.
I'm not sure if it complicates things or not, but the office is in an area with poor broadband and so the internet connection is via satellite broadband. The set up is a satellite modem into a Gigabit router and the server is connected to the router via an unmanaged switch.
As an aside, I'm considering changing this set up so that the modem plugs into a Time Capsule and the server will connect directly into the TC. The desktops will then run into the server via the unmanaged switch or wirelessly via TC - any thoughts on the best set up here? Are cables into a switch better/worse than using TC's wireless facility.
Is this something that I, as a reasonably competent computer operator but definitely not an IT expert, could do, or should I get someone in to set it up for me?
Thanks in advance
Jim

VPNs aren't particularly special or weird or secret or such. They're "just" a network connection. A sometimes very fussy network connection, but a network connection.
My preference is to use a firewall that includes an embedded VPN server. This for several reasons, as it avoids trying to forward the VPN through a device that's using NAT [1], and it means you can connect to multiple devices on the target LAN, and you can connect even if the OS X Server box is down.
Other folks will forward the VPN through NAT, and use the VPN server that's available in various versions of OS X Server.
Forwarding a VPN through NAT does work, but can also sometimes not work. NAT can cause some types of VPNs to get tossed off when (for instance) there's a second VPN connection arriving.
In various cases everything connects and works the first time, and in other cases it's trial-and-error.
With a VPN-capable firewall (which is a step above your average residential firewall), usually configuring the firewall as a L2TP server or the Cisco protocol, if you want to use the standard OS X or iOS clients. Or PPTP — which is easier to get working — but less secure. Once the firewall and the VPN server is set up — and that's where most of the "fun" is — then the set-up in Network Preferences is (usually) pretty simple.
There are thousands of OS X VPN set-up articles around, but the details all hinge on the particular VPN server, and whether you're going to try to push the VPN through (for instance) that Tome Capsule and its NAT. Until you sort out your VPN target and/or VPN client, and what sort of attacks you're securing against...
As for this case, satellite latency is large. The latency involved is the time it takes to the command or the text from your local Mac to the satellite ~35,786 kilometers up and then ~35,786 kilometers back down, and then the response back again. That's about a quarter second, each way, at the speed of light. Transferring big files is fine (once the connection is open and the transfer gets rolling), but anything interactive — such as a typical use of a VPN — is going to have a noticable lag.
Yes, it'll be easiest to get somebody to work through your requirements and expectations, and initially set this up for you. Or you can use this as an opportunity to read about and learn more about IP routing and networking and VPNs, too.
[1] VPNs seek to ensure that the network connection is secure, and from a known client IP source address to the IP address of the target VPN server. NAT explicitly obscures the network connections, and often has multiple client hosts located behind one IP address. Put another way, the VPN and NAT software implementations are working at cross-purposes.

Install Snow Leopard Server Software on non server version mac mini (2009)

Recently purchased Snow Leopard Server software to install on a early 2009 mac mini (non server version) running Mac OS X Snow Leopard. My goal is to set up and manage a server for a small group and leverage some of services from snow leopard server.
First of all, can server software be installed on a early 2009 mac min configured with Mac OS X Snow Leopard? This 2GHz Intel Core Duo mac mini has 2GB Ram and 120GB HD. Will the server software install remove the current snow leopard software or is there any special steps I need to take to get the server version software loaded on this mac mini. Any suggestions or advise is greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

Yes you can install it on your mini And Yes it will wipe the mini clean with a fresh install of the server software.
Suggestions ... Learn DNS there are many links on this forum to MrHoffmans very useful notes as well as many discussions about this topic , there is a steep learning curve ahead if its a first time for you !

Wiped my entire macbook drive and now snow leopard won't install over snow leopard server, HELP!

I ordered, what I thought, was Snow Leopard a while ago because I was running Leopard and I wanted to get the app store so I could move onto Lion and then Mountain Lion. I ordered the disc over the phone and the woman sent me the Snow Leopard Server instead of just Snow Leopard, I didn't think much about it so I clean installed it and ran it on my unibody macbook for a while. I didn't see much use for the disc anymore seeing that everything was downloadable at this point, so I sold the disc on Ebay and carried on. The server edition started to slow my computer down due to all of its excess applications and what not, and I read online that Lion and Mountain Lion are also very slow on the old unibody Macbooks so I ordered a regular Snow Leopard disc, now available online, and tried to install it. My computer said Snow Leopard cannot be installed over Snow Leopard server so I went to disc utitlity and wiped my entire drive while the OS X Snow Leopard disc was running and trying to install. I went back to the install window and it still said OS X Snow leopard cannot be installed over Snow Leopard Server so I shut down my computer and tried to turn it back on and I all I got was a blinking folder with a question mark in it, what do I do????????
P.S. All of my content is backed up on an external harddrive so I am all good with that.

Drive Preparation
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
7. After formatting has finished quit DU and return to the installer. Complete the Snow Leopard installation.

Can i install snow leopard server on a macbook?

hi,
i have to do some tests with snow leopard server. can i install it on a macbook white unibody bought one mounth ago? i don't want to buy a desktop mac to do this.
bye.
ls

Sure, as long as it meets the hardware specs.

Can I install a version of snow leopard server on a newer Mac Mini model?

Hi-
I have Snow Leopard server running on a Mac Mini from 2010. I decided I really need some redundancy so want to get another and sync them in case of failure. Can I buy the latest Mac Mini model and install Snow Leopard server on it or will it not let me due to some firmware limitation? I've been able to do revert on other models and not others. Any thoughts?
Thanks.

****-So I have to find the latest Mac Mini that will run Snow Leopard Server? I refuse to upgrade to that crap they call server nowadays. It's Snow Leopard server till I move to Linux. Thing is, those Minis cost nearly as much now as they did when brand new. I feel like I'm getting ripped off. Oh well. Thanks for the quick answer guys!

Setting up Snow Leopard Server with Address Book, iCal for Small Business

Hello Folks,
I have a small business with 2-3 people and I want to setup Snow Leopard Server on a Mac Mini. I have everything in place, RAID, Backup drive etc.
What I need is a guide on how to setup the server correctly and how to setup Address Book Server, iCal Server, DNS, etc. I was in IT a long while back but have gone back to my creative roots and sworn off IT but I am in a situation where my IT guy's wife is pregnant so he is busy painting the baby's room, etc.
I was looking at Snow Leopard Server for Dummies and a few other books. Do you guys have any suggestions on resources for me to read or research that would give me very straightforward steps in getting this setup. I am at a point where I can re-install from scratch if needed.
For the ease of those that might respond let's assume I know my way around Mac and general networking as a whole.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
Cheers,
Jason

Hi Guys,
First of, I will give you a brief background on me regarding networking as a mac user since 1994. I can setup and network multiple macs without a server in our home and small office. Turning file, print and internet sharing with a regular Mac OS X client version at no problem at all. This would be my first time setting up a Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server.
I'm in the same boat as Jakekub but we do not have a static IP from our DSL provider. We just bought a Mac Mini Server for our small office with 3 iMacs and 1 MacBook. We will just use the server for internal usage and to centralized things out and use some of server's features like Address Book, Mail, iCal etc. I've search the forums and found Orhidy's post here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2148553
I even followed the sample IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router, DNS Server and I think I had it correctly setup initially. And I think I got it all running on the basic setup base on his instructions. So I tried to test my DNS settings via Terminal > hostname then got answer as
servername.companyname.private
And double checking DNS again with a command: sudo changeip - checkhostname and was given an answer of:
Primary address = 192.168.1.192
Current Hostname = servername.companyname.private
DNS Hostname = servername.companyname.private
The names match. There is nothing to change
dirserv:success = "success"
But here's another one that bugs me. I tried to follow from "Mac OS X Snow Leopard for Dummies" the command line:
NSLOOKUP hostname
and got an answer of:
;; Got SERVFAIL reply from 192.168.1.192, trying next server
Server: 192.168.1.1
Address: 192.168.1.1#53
** server can't find hostname: NXDOMAIN
So does it mean that I still haven't configured my server properly?
Thank you all for the help in advance!
dive

Can i install bootcamp on mac mini snow leopard server 2010

hello,there are 2 harddisks on a mac mini server 2010 (snow leopard server.)i want to use the other hdd for installing Windows home server 2011 x64 .
but there is no bootcamp on the server.(do i have to download it?)
how can i do this,or do i have to use parallels desktop.
i have also a mac mini and a macbook pro and an alienware and a clevo laptop so i want the 2 servers seperate(and the mac-server on all the time)

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
-Partition you 2nd HDD to the max BootCamp Partition
-Install Windows Home Server on the BootCamp Partition (don't know of Windows Server is supported)
So you would have:
hdd1 - SnowLeopard Server
hdd2 - SnowLeopard (non-server) + Bootcamp Partition
Scenario 2:
If you don't have a need for SL Server SW, then wipe out the system and put only the regular SL (non sever) on disk 1. Partition Disk2 for Bootcamp only.
hdd1- SL (non-sever)
hdd2 - Bootcamp
I really don't know if you can copy the Bootcamp app onto SL Server OS to create a Bootcamp partition.

MySQL installation in Snow Leopard Server appears to be broken?

I tried
sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/bin/mysql_config
and it failed.
The mkmf.log said (in part):
"gcc -o conftest -I. -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin10.0 -I. -DXOPENSOURCE -DDARWIN_CSOURCE -I/usr/include -fno-omit-frame-pointer -pipe -DP1003_1BVISIBLE -DSIGNALWITH_VIOCLOSE -DSIGNALSDONT_BREAKREAD -DIGNORESIGHUPSIGQUIT -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -DENABLE_DTRACE -fno-common -pipe -fno-common conftest.c -L. -L/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib -L. -arch x86_64 -pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm -lruby -pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl "
ld: library not found for -lmysqlclient
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: /top/
2: int main() { return 0; }
3: int t() { mysqlsslset(); return 0; }
/* end */
So, I checked mysql_config:
Usage: /usr/bin/mysql_config [OPTIONS]
Options:
--cflags [-I/usr/include -fno-omit-frame-pointer -pipe -DP1003_1BVISIBLE -DSIGNALWITH_VIOCLOSE -DSIGNALSDONT_BREAKREAD -DIGNORESIGHUPSIGQUIT]
--include [-I/usr/include]
--libs [-pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm]
--libs_r [-pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient_r -lz -lm]
--socket [/var/mysql/mysql.sock]
--port [0]
--version [5.0.91]
--libmysqld-libs [-pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqld -lz -lm]
Note that mysql_config appears to have been compiled with an assumption that /usr/lib
would contain a -lmysqlclient shared library.
Which assumption fails on my Snow Leopard Server installation:
minisvr:~ root# ls -la /usr/lib/mysql
ls: /usr/lib/mysql: No such file or directory
Now, I'm reasonably certain that I have done nothing to cause this library to be missing;
as I am also reasonably certain that the mysql_config found in /usr/bin is one shipped by
Apple (as opposed to one I could have picked up somewhere else).
Can anyone else out there verify: does Apple ship /usr/bin/mysql_config?
If so, does it supply linker options like -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient?
If that also is true, does your /usr/lib actually contain an Apple-supplied libmysqlclient.*?
Now, assuming that my installation is reasonably close to what Apple actually shipped,
what should I do about it? Would I be better off to go find a source distribution,
and build and install mysql, foregoing the Apple-supplied integration with
management tools (e.g., using Server Manager to start/stop and monitor logfiles)?
What do other users of mysql on Mac OS X Server do?
Thanks,
Tommy K

I tried
sudo gem install mysql -- --with-mysql-config=/usr/bin/mysql_config
and it failed.
The mkmf.log said (in part):
"gcc -o conftest -I. -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib/ruby/1.8/universal-darwin10.0 -I. -DXOPENSOURCE -DDARWIN_CSOURCE -I/usr/include -fno-omit-frame-pointer -pipe -DP1003_1BVISIBLE -DSIGNALWITH_VIOCLOSE -DSIGNALSDONT_BREAKREAD -DIGNORESIGHUPSIGQUIT -arch x86_64 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -DENABLE_DTRACE -fno-common -pipe -fno-common conftest.c -L. -L/System/Library/Frameworks/Ruby.framework/Versions/1.8/usr/lib -L. -arch x86_64 -pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm -lruby -pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm -lpthread -ldl "
ld: library not found for -lmysqlclient
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
checked program was:
/* begin */
1: /top/
2: int main() { return 0; }
3: int t() { mysqlsslset(); return 0; }
/* end */
So, I checked mysql_config:
Usage: /usr/bin/mysql_config [OPTIONS]
Options:
--cflags [-I/usr/include -fno-omit-frame-pointer -pipe -DP1003_1BVISIBLE -DSIGNALWITH_VIOCLOSE -DSIGNALSDONT_BREAKREAD -DIGNORESIGHUPSIGQUIT]
--include [-I/usr/include]
--libs [-pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient -lz -lm]
--libs_r [-pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient_r -lz -lm]
--socket [/var/mysql/mysql.sock]
--port [0]
--version [5.0.91]
--libmysqld-libs [-pipe -L/usr/lib -lmysqld -lz -lm]
Note that mysql_config appears to have been compiled with an assumption that /usr/lib
would contain a -lmysqlclient shared library.
Which assumption fails on my Snow Leopard Server installation:
minisvr:~ root# ls -la /usr/lib/mysql
ls: /usr/lib/mysql: No such file or directory
Now, I'm reasonably certain that I have done nothing to cause this library to be missing;
as I am also reasonably certain that the mysql_config found in /usr/bin is one shipped by
Apple (as opposed to one I could have picked up somewhere else).
Can anyone else out there verify: does Apple ship /usr/bin/mysql_config?
If so, does it supply linker options like -L/usr/lib -lmysqlclient?
If that also is true, does your /usr/lib actually contain an Apple-supplied libmysqlclient.*?
Now, assuming that my installation is reasonably close to what Apple actually shipped,
what should I do about it? Would I be better off to go find a source distribution,
and build and install mysql, foregoing the Apple-supplied integration with
management tools (e.g., using Server Manager to start/stop and monitor logfiles)?
What do other users of mysql on Mac OS X Server do?
Thanks,
Tommy K

Run Snow Leopard Server on Mountain Lion?

Greetings!
I wondered if some kind person could post at least a link to a walk-through guide as I keep getting Guru Meditation errors when trying to install Snow Leopard Server 10.6.3 on Mountain Lion 10.8.5.
I am currently running virtual box 4.3.14 and Mountain Lion 10.8.5 as my host OS.
Thank you in advance…
CK

There is not a link as Apple does not support doing this. However, some have succeeded by installing Parallels (you have to purchase it) and then installing Snow Leopard Server to run under Parallels. If your MacBook Pro came with Mountain Lion preinstalled, you cannot run a lower version of Mac OS X by itself. It has to be the server version and running under Parallels.
Look at the bottom of this page under More Like This for some threads that deal with the approach you need to follow.

Repeated / continuous crashing of afctl - 10.6.3 snow leopard server

Our Mac Mini based OS X Snow Leopard Server installation is seeing repeated crashes of the afctl service. Here is a typical entry in the console:
21/04/2010 00:13:27 com.apple.ReportCrash.Root[3876] 2010-04-21 00:13:27.339 ReportCrash[3876:445b] Saved crash report for afctl[4007] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/afctl2010-04-21-001327-1localhost.crash
We are seeing thousands of these events in the log - all that changes is the PID for the crashed service changes incrementally - as presumably afctl reloads right after the crash.
Anyone got any idea what might be causing this? How to stop it?
The server seems to work ok otherwise, so maybe it can be left to rumble on like this?
Running Snow Leopard Server 10.6.3
Thanks in advance for help.

Our Mac Mini based OS X Snow Leopard Server installation is seeing repeated crashes of the afctl service. Here is a typical entry in the console:
21/04/2010 00:13:27 com.apple.ReportCrash.Root[3876] 2010-04-21 00:13:27.339 ReportCrash[3876:445b] Saved crash report for afctl[4007] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/afctl2010-04-21-001327-1localhost.crash
We are seeing thousands of these events in the log - all that changes is the PID for the crashed service changes incrementally - as presumably afctl reloads right after the crash.
Anyone got any idea what might be causing this? How to stop it?
The server seems to work ok otherwise, so maybe it can be left to rumble on like this?
Running Snow Leopard Server 10.6.3
Thanks in advance for help.

Can snow leopard server work in mac book pro

Can snow leopard server work in mac book pro

I would generally not recommend booting OS X Server natively on an OS X MacBook Pro system or any other portable (because server really wants a static IP for various of its services, and portables tend to wander networks), but it is possible to boot Snow Leopard Server OS X Server 10.6 for certain MacBook Pro systems.
If your MacBook Pro is newer than that list, then 10.6 will not boot on your MacBook Pro directly, but it's possible to install a third-party virtual machine software package onto OS X, and to then load and boot OS X Server 10.6 as a guest within the virtual machine — I'd suspect this is where you're headed here, too. I'd further guess that you've some old PPC PowerPC software around that requires Rosetta for its operations, as OS X Server 10.6 is one of the ways recommended for accessing that old software.
There are commercial and free virtual machines available for various versions of OS X.

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