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Lion Server: Installing Lion Server on a blank volume

Posted in Apple Portable Computers

Summary

Learn how to install Lion Server on a blank hard drive or partition.

Products Affected

Lion Server

In order to install Lion Server on a blank partition you must be running Lion Server or Snow Leopard Server, and you must have the Lion installer and Server app together in the same folder. If you just purchased Lion Server, these items should be in the Applications folder on the startup disk.

  1. Open "Install Mac OS X Lion".
  2. Click continue and agree to the software license agreement if you agree.
  3. Click the "Show All Disks