How to install 10.7 Lion on an a headless mini

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I used to be able to install 10.6 Server remotely via ARD (blank username, first 8 characters of the serial number as password), but the functionality seem to have been removed by Apple on 10.7 (client version, the only once that can be downloaded and burned/imaged to a dvd/usb). The installer gets an IP but a quick port scan doesn't show any open ports; any advice?

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As long as it's a 2009 Mac Mini or newer, you can use the Remote Install Mac OS X tool. You'll need to get it from a 10.6 installation.

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As you noted, Lion doesn't have a checkbox to turn the FTP server on anymore.

However, the back-end (ftpd itself) is still there, and you can still enable it manually from the command line by telling launchd to enable and load the existing launchd entry for it or simply running ftpd manually (cf. this thread on MacRumors). Consult the launchd, launchctl, launchd.plist, and ftpd man pages for details, but the basic command to start the ftpd server on the default port is:

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/ftp.plist

As was suggested on the MacRumors thread, you may want to take this opportunity to migrate to SFTP or another more secure, better-supported protocol.

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You absolutely can't. Core Solo is a 32bit CPU, and Lion requires 64bit.

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