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Dorin
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 Posted - 04/07/2008 : 09:29:01 AM
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Hi everyone,
Has anyone installed Windows 2003 on an Intel Mac? I'm thinking about buying a Mac Mini for a small (cheap & quiet) test server, and I want to run Win2k3 R2 Std on it. Ideally, I would like to run the x64 version, but I'll settle for x86. I heard Boot Camp is the way to go for running Windows on Mac hardware, but I could find nothing on the Apple site about 2003 compatibility.
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks. :)
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bryanan
Here To Stay
USA
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Posted - 04/11/2008 : 2:33:20 PM
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i've used vmware fusion to install the x64 version of windows 2003 and that's the way i'd recommend. i'm not sure boot camp will run w2k3 because Apple doesn't provide the drivers you'll need. you also need to be sure to buy a mac with a core 2 duo chip
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Dorin
Welcome Newcomer
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Posted - 04/14/2008 : 12:44:32 PM
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Thanks, Bryan! The driver issue is the only speed bump I could think of. I was planning on installing this on a Core 2 Duo Mac Mini, but I haven't been able to find any mention of which chipset it uses. I figure as long as I can get drivers for the chipset (and possibly an F6 SATA controller driver for installing?), video, and NIC, I should be good to go. Having said that, does anyone know what hardware is actually inside the newest Mac Minis? Is it even an Intel chipset?
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queengeek
Welcome Newcomer
USA
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Posted - 10/03/2008 : 2:19:42 PM
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Now, you can use Sun's VirtualBox for free as a virtual solution. I use and like Vmware's Fusion but it's hard to resist something that is free.
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Originally posted by Dorin
Hi everyone,
Has anyone installed Windows 2003 on an Intel Mac? I'm thinking about buying a Mac Mini for a small (cheap & quiet) test server, and I want to run Win2k3 R2 Std on it. Ideally, I would like to run the x64 version, but I'll settle for x86. I heard Boot Camp is the way to go for running Windows on Mac hardware, but I could find nothing on the Apple site about 2003 compatibility.
Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!
Thanks. :)
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Pesos
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
USA
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Posted - 12/21/2008 : 11:59:47 PM
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| Sorry I'm so late on this, but you can definitely do this. I did in fact! I ran win2k3 on my mac mini (core solo model) as a backup SMTP server. Ran nice a quiet in my room :-) Later I converted it to an XP workstation. |
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Dorin
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Posted - 12/22/2008 : 11:13:40 AM
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That's awesome, did you have to track down any oddball drivers, or was everything on the Win2k3 CD?
And did you install using Boot Camp, or were you able to boot into Win2k3's Setup straight from the CD?
Thanks!
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DonJones
Here To Stay
USA
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Posted - 12/22/2008 : 11:33:26 AM
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Pesos
Honorable But Hopeless Addict
USA
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Posted - 12/22/2008 : 12:05:55 PM
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You need to use OS X and run the boot camp wizard simply to partition things (this creates the special 200 mb "fake" bios/EFI partition). Then you can reboot and boot from the windoze cd as usual. When you install, be sure to leave that 200 mb partition alone - the rest you can wipe out and use (no need for OS X anymore). When you get into windoze, pop in the Os X DVD and it will autorun the driver installer and you should be good to go.
Back when I did it, I didn't actually use the dvd for drivers, but loaded the NIC driver manually. I didn't care about video or bluetooth or anything since it was just a little server. |
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changes84
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Posted - 03/20/2009 : 4:11:30 PM
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| I have just completed putting Windows 2003 Server on a new mac mini(with the NVIDIA 9400m chipset) using bootcamp and it is working very well. I used the xp drivers from the leopard disk. It does have a problem with the Bluetooth controller, but that is usually not essential for your server. It is very straightforward and was actually less of a hassle than I expected. |
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Tylerw
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Posted - 03/29/2009 : 5:19:15 PM
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Originally posted by changes84
I have just completed putting Windows 2003 Server on a new mac mini(with the NVIDIA 9400m chipset) using bootcamp and it is working very well. I used the xp drivers from the leopard disk. It does have a problem with the Bluetooth controller, but that is usually not essential for your server. It is very straightforward and was actually less of a hassle than I expected.
Hi changes84,
I too have just completed putting Windows 2003 Server on a new mac mini (with the NVIDIA 9400m chipset). However, the *only* driver I could get to work was the Broadcom wireless adapter. After running nearly every .msi and .exe on the Leopard Disc (10.5.6), I'm kinda stuck. All I really care about is the ethernet driver since I will be using my Mac Mini as a co-located server. If you were able to get ethernet working, do you recall the exact file(s) you used?
Up to that point, the install was smooth sailing. Had Win 2003 R2 up in less than an hour after unboxing my Mac Mini.
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changes84
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Posted - 03/30/2009 : 09:07:17 AM
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| Make sure that you are using the leopard disc that came with the new mini. I learned the hard way that all drivers on the new mini can not be found on any older discs. On that disc, you just need to run the .exe file for xp in the nvidia folder that installs several drivers (graphics, ethernet, etc.) |
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Tylerw
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Posted - 03/30/2009 : 2:01:38 PM
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Hi changes84,
Whoo hoo! That did it. I lied in my first post. I hadn't installed any NVIDIA drivers, thinking that was limited to just the video card.
By the way, there is some good information in this post here http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=452516 about getting Boot Camp to actually install. I copied BootCamp.msi to BootCamp2003.msi, opened it in the Orca MSI editor, and saved it. Note, this worked better than opening BootCamp.msi, making the change, then saving with a new name (filesize ended up being about 1/3 and installer failed).
Thanks a lot! Windows Server 2003 R2 running smooth as can be on 2009 Mac Mini. |
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angelitos
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Posted - 04/05/2009 : 2:13:21 PM
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Thank you for all,
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Mac Mini + Windows Server 2003 R2
