Gray_Matter Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I'm a little new to Macs, but is it possable to upgrade Mac 10.4.8 client to Mac server with a legit server install number? This is for a college project so I know there are better hardware choices for a real server, what I need is even a fully functional trial if nothing else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeSuKuN Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 probably you can, but you may need to edit the installer to remove hardware checks (it's easy, look the leopard forums, they do it to run leo on g3s and so) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahbau Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 probably you can, but you may need to edit the installer to remove hardware checks (it's easy, look the leopard forums, they do it to run leo on g3s and so) Why would you need to remove hardware checks? OS X Server will install on any "Server or Desktop" G4, G5, or Intel Mac, so it should be able to install on a Mac mini without any hacking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realfolkblues Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 whats the server for? if it's just file/printer shearing with no other things going on i would recommend linux with no GUI. It's vary fast. even a mac mini would make a great server if it's set up like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeSuKuN Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Why would you need to remove hardware checks? OS X Server will install on any "Server or Desktop" G4, G5, or Intel Mac, so it should be able to install on a Mac mini without any hacking. Sorry, I thought that required a Mac pro or XServe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Nonny Moose Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 The Mac mini makes a wonderful small scale web server or something like that. Note the words "small scale" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azurael Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 whats the server for? if it's just file/printer shearing with no other things going on i would recommend linux with no GUI. It's vary fast. even a mac mini would make a great server if it's set up like this. I'd take FreeBSD over Linux any day on a server system Either way, it's also a lot harder to configure than OS X Server. If it's only for a college project, why bother learning how to set-up a non-GUI system like that? Providing it's got enough RAM, I can't see why OS X server running on a Mac Mini would be slow at all (unless it starts disk thrashing, which is bad news on a 2.5" HD!) I used a Celeron 333 laptop as a webserver running a site based on PHP/MySQL for years, and nobody ever complained about it being slow, provided no more than about 5-6 people made http requests at the same time! Compared to that, the Mini is a monster computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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