Apple Xserve G5 User Manual download pdf (Page 67)

Chapter 5 Updating or Installing Software on Xserve G5 Systems 67

Starting Up From an External FireWire Optical Drive

If you have an external optical drive with a FireWire port, you can use it to start up your

Xserve G5 system from the Mac OS X Server Install Disc 1. Once you’ve started up from

the external drive, you can use Server Assistant on a remote computer to install the

software.

To start up from an external optical drive:

1 Shut down your Xserve G5 system.

2 Press the handle of the drive module to open it, which assures that the drive won’t be

recognized during startup.

3 Connect the external optical drive to the FireWire port on the system’s front panel.

4 Turn on the optical drive and insert Mac OS X Server Install Disc 1.

5 Start up your Xserve G5 system.

After a few moments, the system begins starting up from the disc in the optical drive.

6 When you hear the disc in the optical drive beginning to start up the system, press the

handle on the drive module to close it.

The drive module must be recognized as the system starts up so that you can install

the server software on it.

7 Use Server Assistant on a remote computer to begin installing the software on the

drive module in your Xserve G5 system. (See “Remote Installation From the Server

Install Discs” in Chapter 4 of Mac OS X Server Getting Started for details.)

8 When the Installer restarts the server (after disc 1 installation is complete) and asks for

disc 2, insert disc 2.

When disk 2 installation is complete, the server ejects disc 2.

9 Use a second remote admin computer to run Server Assistant and configure the Xserve

G5 system.

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Apple Xserve G5 User Manual Page 67