upgrading from Tiger to Leopard on an XServe

[Dan Shoop]

On May 30, 2008, at 3:14 PM, Eric Taylor wrote:

> It doesn't sound like you're about to make this mistake, but just to  
> reiterate since Apple's docs are apparently vague, don't install to  
> the XServe while it is in target mode. Always put the other computer  
> in target mode and attach it to the XServe instead.
>
> The installer checks what hardware you're running on and if it isn't  
> an XServe it doesn't install some of the hardware monitoring goodies  
> that are XServe specific. (Well, it didn't back in 10.3 which is the  
> last time I made that mistake, lol.)


Actually it installs them, but doesn't configure them for use. That is  
an easy fix.

-dhan

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