External Hard Drive?

dColumbus · #1 February 8th, 2008, 04:13 AM

Can Tiger or Leopard server be installed on an external hard drive?

ElDiabloConCaca · #2 February 8th, 2008, 07:12 PM

dColumbus · #3 February 9th, 2008, 12:01 AM

DeltaMac · #4 February 9th, 2008, 07:40 AM

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Boot to installer disk
Choose your external drive as the destination.

(sorry - couldn't figure out how to say that in one word... )

dColumbus · #5 February 9th, 2008, 02:33 PM

Let me ask you guys another question... is Leopard Server worth installing? What are the benefits, and what can I do with it that would make it worth my while?

ElDiabloConCaca · #6 February 9th, 2008, 03:49 PM

I'll answer a question with a question: why did you spend $500/$1,000 purchasing Leopard Server if you don't know what it's used for?

Of course, this is assuming you have possession of Leopard Server (which is what I think is insinuated in your posts) and the only legal way to possess Leopard Server is to purchase it, so spending $500 or $1,000 on a piece of software first before assessing whether it's worthwhile to install and/or use is... ummm... weird?

Leopard Server is meant to be a central repository/controller/DHCP server/web server/FTP server/etc. and has many GUI-based applications for configuring many different services for clients, not unlike many other "server" packages out there.

dColumbus · #7 February 9th, 2008, 04:09 PM

I didn't spend the money on Leopard Server... the only thing I wanted to know is if it could be installed on an external drive. And, now that I know it potentially can, I want to know if it's worth it or if I should just stick with Windows Server 2003 or something that I already have.

ElDiabloConCaca · #8 February 9th, 2008, 04:48 PM

Leopard Server doesn't do anything that Windows Server 2003 or some Linux-based server can't. What services are you looking for specifically in a server package? Leopard offers almost all of them -- of course, Windows Server 2003 has the option of Exchange support with Exchange Server, and I have not seen a comparable Exchange Server package running on any other platform that offers the same features that Exchange Server does. Sure, there are some packages that emulate an Exchange Server, and possibly even some mail servers that offer collaborative data exchange like Exchange Server, but nothing touches Exchange for collaborative data and mail exchange for Windows clients.

That may be something to take into consideration when considering Leopard Server -- do you have Windows clients that need full Exchange support?