
- #Mac os x install disc not booting how to
- #Mac os x install disc not booting mac os x
#Mac os x install disc not booting mac os x
Format the HD on your G3 for the Mac OS X File System, and make sure you either:. If this machine will seed the network, make sure you obtain a range to seed from your network administrator. Subnet Mask, Gateway/router, DNS, Time Server (if you have one), NetInfo Server, and determine if this server will be acting as a router and seeding the network for a zone, or another network device will be doing this. Obtain all of the networking information for your network. Obtain a number of IP addresses equal to the total number of ethernet interfaces on your server plus the number of net booting clients you wish to serve. (His does still require a recent copy of Mac OS, and has the same restrictions for hardware as Apple supported netbooting, but is an alternative if you are interested.)
#Mac os x install disc not booting how to
(If you do not wish to buy a copy of Mac OS X, then you may check out Alistair Riddell's web site which offers information on how to make this work without the server software.
Buy Mac OS X Server with Mac OS X NetBoot software. The normal set up (procedure): (incomplete, may need revision) William McGonigle can be reached via e-mail with and I can be reached via email with (Realize, I am very busy, and may not have time to respond to all e-mail messages.) Many of them are very good, and some of the ones I liked can be found on my Documents and Links page. William P McGonigle's NetBoot Web Site has a number of documents and links related to this process. I have a page for setting up netbooting with Linux that is rather detailed if you would rather view it instead.
This page was placed here to include some information about making netboot with Mac OS X Server edition. Setting up the Mac OS X Net Boot Server Netbooting Mac Links from Head Page: