Snow Leopard on Mac Mini Server

How about Ethernet?? Does it work for you?? Can you possibly upload the kexts here?

I am going into a mac store later today. I am going to ask them for a mac mini restore cd. I will even pay them $30 for it. I just wanna be able to install this without having problems like i am currently having. This is very annoying, and Apple should fix this. Just because i opted for the version with 2 hard drives does not mean i cannot enjoy the client version as well. We will see what happens.

I too bought the Mac Mini server with the intent of installing basic snow Leopard.
After a lot of trial and error, this is worked for me.

download this (AND ONLY THIS) http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048.
hook your new Mini up to an another Mac and start up your new Mini holding down the "T" key.

Launch the file you downloaded, find the hard drive on your new Mini and install the above file.

And where are you installing that Combo update? Over SL Server? On the blank HDD? If on the blank HDD, is that a complete SL installation? What about the Mac mini specific update after?

Does this enable Ethernet/SDXC as well? I still have yet to find a solution for getting the Ethernet to work, short of getting the restore disc for the mid-2010 Mac Mini.

Just as an update from me Mac store experiance. I walked in with my old Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 dvd they returned it and gave me a new OS X 10.6.3 dvd. Now i am going to backup my Kexts just in case and going to install it. I will report back with findings.


The installer does not start. FAIL!

Going to try a few different things tho.

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I reformatted both hard drives and installed SL on to the first drive on my new mini.

I think I may do something similar to what dbudde did -

1. Install SL Server on the 2nd hard drive
2. Copy the AppleSDXC.kext >>AND<< the .kext for the ethernet controller (which should be described under System Profiler) to the main hard drive running normal Snow Leopard
3. Reboot

All I gotta do now is go get the external SuperDrive. Will report back when I do.

/System/Library/Extensions/IONetworkingFamily.kext/Contents/PlugIns/nvenet.kext

Thanks. Are there any specific commands I need to use in Terminal to copy/replace the .kexts?? I haven't used a Mac in ages... I for some reason don't believe that installing these .kexts is as simple as drag and drop and then restart.

Usually it asks for authentication with an admin user name and password.

Okay. So that's all I need to do then?

Did you get a mid-2010 Mini as well??

You need to make sure the owner and permissions are the same after the copy. I did the following:



cd /Volumes/Server \HD/System/Library/Extensions/
cp -r AppleSDXC.kext /Volumes/Macintosh \HD/System/Library/Extensions/AppleSDXC.kext

Ah okay. Will give it a shot later today.

How are you installing it. Just inserting the disk while booted into OS X server and installing it to the drive?