I tried to install OS X Server 10.6 Snow Leopard on my Mac Pro, and it opens and says you need to restart so OS X can install. I press restart and it just boots back into Lion, without the installer. I have no idea whats wrong.
Cheers,
Adam
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Xeon 2.66 GHz, 4GB Ram, 320 GB HDD
Guessing that you have a MacPro5,1 here...
The minimum OS for that system is 10.6.4 (10F2521). Snow Leopard DVD runs were few and far between. I'd guess that your OS X Server DVD is probably 10.6.3.
It's possible to work around this, but you'll need a system capable of booting 10.6.3, and probably an external HD. The process would be:
- Install from DVD
- boot and update to 10.6.8/9 (the last update escapes me at the moment)
- make an image of the volume (using Disk Utility)
- scan the image for restore
- boot the Mac Pro in Target Disk Mode and restore the image to it
I got it to work by using a live USB
cheers,
Adam
OS X Snow Leopard Server Won't Install
