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Reinstall

Hi there,

I have messed up all the mail and server setup, as the web and mail server is down and not working well(configuratio error), and would like to reinstall osx server 10.6 on Mac mini. Is there any way to reset the setup assistant or configuration instead of reinstall the server? If else, what procedure on reinstalling server on Mac mini?

Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Oct 17, 2010 5:57 AM

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Answer 1

MrHoffman

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Oct 17, 2010 9:00 AM in response to altezza123

Sure. But (having tried it), it doesn't work reliably; it doesn't reset everything that can be tweaked.

The reliable means to reset the environment is to wipe and install from the provided DVD.

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Nov 1, 2010 11:40 AM in response to altezza123

I also messed up my server to the point I just wanted to reinstall. My problem was I did not have the extra keyboard and mouse and reinstall via remote didn't seem to be an option for me. I did have an external DVD reader with a USB connector that I connected to the server for the reinstall. Also, I found a great video on Lynda.com that walked you through all the steps using the command line editor. Lynda.com is a pay for use site but I think they will give you a month for free. Also, I know the command line editor can be intimidating but I just followed the video pausing it and double checking the spelling and syntax. In putting the lines of code was a bit tedious but took just a few minutes. The actual reinstall once started took well over an hour. When it was done the server was ready for a fresh setup.

Lynda.com topic Installing Snow Leopard Server remotely via the command line

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