Using Mac Mini Server as Mac Mini SnowLeopard
Greetings All.
Regarding Mac Mini SERVER 2010.
My Intentions:
1) Wipe Clean.
2} Install Snow Leopard
3) Use as regular Computer employing 2 7200 rpm HD's and 2.66 Processor.
My Questions:
What Issues/challenges can I expect?
Is apple cool with this?
Thank you all.
Regards.
tabliss
Hi tabliss,
have a look at David.Austin.Allens answer in this thread http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2541238&tstart=30
Regards
Stefan
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1. Be sure to use Disk Utility first to repair the disk before performing the Archive and Install.
Repairing the Hard Drive and Permissions
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 Installer menu (Utilities menu for Tiger, Leopard or Snow Leopard.) After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported click on the Repair Permissions button. Wait until the operation completes, then quit DU and return to the installer. Now restart normally.
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