This is a Xserve2,1, a 64-bit-system with 64-bit EFI. Apple excluded this system from recent OSX versions because of the X1300 graphic card. Administration is mostly done remote, so I don't care about that. The Xserve is a nice box (currently running 10.6.8) and I decided to try a Mavericks install.
This system can't boot from DVD nor from USB, so I created 2 partitions on one of the disks, one as install medium, to boot from and another one for the test install.
I followed the instructions and added my board-id and system-id to the lists in PlatformSupport.plist and copied mach_kernel to root of the boot partition (using Pacifist).
The system booted but the installer brought up a panel, saying "This version of Mac OS is not support for this Platform". Unfortunately all menue items where dimmed and I could not start a terminal to find out whats going on. So I booted back into my 10.6.8 RAID.
How did the installer detect my system?
Does the name of the boot partition is important? ("OS X Base System")
Or should I better use the new utility for preparing bootable media (/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia)?
Any hints welcome.
This system can't boot from DVD nor from USB, so I created 2 partitions on one of the disks, one as install medium, to boot from and another one for the test install.
I followed the instructions and added my board-id and system-id to the lists in PlatformSupport.plist and copied mach_kernel to root of the boot partition (using Pacifist).
The system booted but the installer brought up a panel, saying "This version of Mac OS is not support for this Platform". Unfortunately all menue items where dimmed and I could not start a terminal to find out whats going on. So I booted back into my 10.6.8 RAID.
How did the installer detect my system?
Does the name of the boot partition is important? ("OS X Base System")
Or should I better use the new utility for preparing bootable media (/Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Mavericks.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia)?
Any hints welcome.
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