Here is the story. I wasn't aware that "OS X Server" was an actual operating system to install, I thought (seriously!) it's just another application or bunch of apps working nicely together under the OS X Snow Leopard. Because I was struggling with my imap, pop and smtp servers to install locally for last 24 hrs, my mate dropped me the "OS X Server" dmg over the LAN to try it out if this is what I need. So I've installed the package from dmg file then opened the Server Admin app. Nothing was detected, no servers, so I've run this command (don't remember exactly):
sudo launchctl load -w /(...).plist
The local server seem to appear on the list and I begin to investigate further.. (I already had running Apache, mysql, postfix) and I expected this to appear on the list etc.
.. when prompted for serial number I skipped this step (to see more options) by clicking "Save" button and then my machine restarted without any prompt. The OS X Server process began. I realised quickly it's not the action I want to take. Now here is the trick…
How do I roll back to my normal Snow Leopard? I know it's there (I've checked from terminal from my original installation disc) and seems like all data are there. I have time-machine backup but probably 3 weeks old and some significant changes were made since then I don't want to loose. Whenever I boot my macbook, it starts the Server installation process, but I haven't done anything yet.
Is there a special boot record or something like this where I can force it to start from my previous location? How do I get rid of this? I simply don't want to install new os and cancel the current process but this thing sits on my drive, it's a CD I could simply eject, right?
Best Answer
It seems you have already installed the server - it may be easier simply to back up your data and do a clean install of Snow Leopard.