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Title: Install from MacOSX.. nope! I used RHL
Post by: Ed Hamlin on July 12, 2003, 07:34:10 AM

After generating in excess of 30 "coasters" and trying to burn an iso CD every which way, I have decided that the current release of Mac OSX cannot burn a clean iso install CD for e-smith server. This is because the Mac OS inserts some garbage in the file (for identification and icons) that corrupt the pure install file.

I was finally able to successfully install SME 5.6 by the following convoluted process:

1. install Redhat linux 7.3 in my old hard drive, and configure it as a workstation.
2. download the sme iso disk image using the wget feature in terminal mode
3. burn the CD using "cdrecord" on linux

To do this I had to purchase and install a CD burner drive because my server was only equipped with a reader. Cost: $50. Well worth it!!

4. shut down server
5. connect other hard drive
6. boot up using RHL install disk and run fdisk to produce a clean hard drive
7. shut down and boot up with sme-iso install disk

As screwed up as this sounds, it worked!!

Unless and until Apple changes their system to allow for clean burns of iso images, I don't think it's possible to burn an install CD using Mac OSX (Jaguar).

Thanks to everyone for their patience, especially when mine ran out. And thanks for the support!

Regards
Ed

Title: Re: Install from MacOSX.. nope! I used RHL
Post by: adam blake on July 13, 2003, 07:44:04 AM

Hi there,

I have never had any problems creating bootable CD-ROMs of the SME server from Mac OS X. I am currently using version 10.2.6 and only just downloaded the ISO image for SME Server v6 to test and created a bootable CD-ROM no problem. Make sure that when you insert your blank CD into the drive that when OS X pops up and asks what you want to do with it that you select the Disk Copy utility for burning the CD-ROM then you simple drag the ISO image to the utility and kabam - there's your bootable CD-ROM a few minutes later. I hope this helps. If not I would be happy to try help out as many people have helped me out in this forum.

Cheers,

adam

Title: Re: Install from MacOSX.. nope! I used RHL
Post by: Mike Kelly on July 15, 2003, 11:52:59 PM

Agreed - I've been burning ISOs for SME Server under OS X for years (ack, has it been that long?) and I've never run into any problems.

As Adam has suggested, you *must* use DiskCopy to burn the image.  You can't simply drag the ISO image file onto a blank CDR in the Finder and choose burn.  Doing so doesn't burn the image to the CD per se, but creates a filesystem on the CD and puts the image file in it ... which is exactly *not* what you'd want.