Help: Install Snow Leopard Server 10.6.0 on Mid-2010 Mac Mini, then update?

[artfer01]

I just purchased a Mid-2010 Mac Mini with Snow Leopard Client 10.6.3 (the new ones just released) with the intention of installing my copy of OS X Server on it

I own Snow Leopard Server 10.6.0 (the initial DVD release) and was thinking I could do a fresh install and update to 10.6.4 on the Mini without problem, but that didn’t work.

I also tried doing a Target Disk Install to the Mini using my MacbookPro, but the installer choked at the Machine Checksum saying MBPs weren’t supported to run the installer.

So, that blows both of my previously known installation options.

I was wondering if anyone else with the new Mini and Snow Leopard Server had any suggestions on how to get my current version of Snow Leopard Server (10.6.0) installed on the Mini and then run system updates to get it to boot properly.

Thanks in advance

[jasonkstupski]

You’d have to get a copy of Server up to 10.6.4, image it, and then push it onto the Mini. At least that’s what I have to do right now for a Mid-2010 (i5) Macbook Pro. The issue is likely that 10.6.0 doesn’t have the proper information to run the new Mac Mini. Do you have an external or a partition somewhere that you could install up to 10.6.4 (on older hardware), and then image it to push onto the Mini?

Hope that helps,
Jason

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