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Re: OS X Server on unsupported Mac

I have OS X Server running on a PM9600, with a Sonnet G4 upgrade. Only have
256MB of RAM (damn its hard to find cheap FPM chips). Does just fine for
routing, mail (postfix) and web caching. It struggled with file sharing, so
I have moved that to another server. The Farallon Ethernet card has never
missed a beat, so Ron may be correct about the Asante drivers.

I did the install with a very early version of the UnsupportedX utility and
had a few difficulties (mainly solved by repeated installing until
everything worked). I hear the new XPostFacto is much more reliable.

Sean

> Paul,
>
> I'm running OS X Client on a PM7600 with a PowerLogix 400 MHz G3 (1MB
> Backside Cache), 500 MB RAM, 40 GB Seagate ATA IV 7200 rpm drive on an ACARD
> ATA133 controller, OWC FireWire PCI card and Asante 590 NIC.
>
> I'm using the machine as a router, firewall, web, streaming and file server.
> So far, things are going very well. Every once in a long while, I am having
> problems with natd, but I ascribe that to the Asante driver - it has caused
> problems in similar situations on supported machines before. A reboot has
> fixed the problem in all cases. If you need a second nic, try to find one
> that doesn't require third-party drivers. Search the list archives for more
> info...
>
> Needless to say, you need XPostFacto from OWC to install OS X, OS X Server
> or Darwin on an unsupported machine. It works as advertised, and very well
> so. Note that you do need an OS 9 partition for troubleshooting purposes
> when using XPostFacto. You never know when you'll have to reinstall the
> modified kexts and the like after an OS X update, and you can only do so
> from OS 9.
>
> I purchased all the additional hardware described above from OWC for two
> reasons: they offer excellent deals and I wanted to support their efforts of
> making XPostFacto available for free. Their URL is http://www.macsales.com
> Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with OWC; I am simply a _very_
> satisfied customer.
>
> If you need more info, please contact me off-list.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ron
>
> on 020428 09:57, Desert Fox at email@hidden wrote:
>> Anybody have OS X Server up and running on an s900 or 9600? With or without
>> G3 or G4 upgrade card? Just curious as I'm thinking of taking a crack at it.
>>
>>
>> Paul/.
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