Specifications

16 Chapter 1 Ready, Set Up, Go
Setting Up DVD or CD Sharing
YoucanuseDVDorCDSharingtogiveyourMacminiaccesstotheopticaldrivein
anotherMacorWindowscomputeronthesamenetwork.YourMacminicanusethe
opticaldriveintheothercomputerto:
Â ViewthecontentsofDVDsorCDsorinstallapplications(see“SharingDiscswithDVD
orCDSharing”onpage17)
Â ReinstallMacOSXServer(see“ReinstallingSoftwareUsingRemoteInstallMacOSX”
onpage46)
Â RunDiskUtilitytocheckorreformatvolumes(see“UsingDiskUtility”onpage48)
ThecomputerwiththeopticaldrivecanbeaMacwithMacOSXv10.4.11orlater,ora
WindowsXPorWindowsVistacomputer.IftheMachasMacOSXv10.5.5orlater,DVD
orCDSharingisalreadyinstalled.Youcanpartnerwithmorethanoneothercomputer.
IftheothercomputerisaWindowscomputer,oraMacwithaMacOSXversionearlier
than10.5.5,inserttheMac OS X Server Install DVD thatcamewithyourMacmini,and
theninstalltheDVDorCDSharingSetup,whichincludessoftwareforDVDorCD
Sharing,MigrationAssistant,andRemoteInstallMacOSX:
Â IftheothercomputerisaWindowscomputer,choose“DVDorCDSharing”fromthe
InstallAssistantthatstartsautomatically.
Â IftheothercomputerisaMac,double-clicktheDVDorCDSharingSetuppackageon
theMac OS X Server Install DVD.