I finally went from Lion to Mountain Lion on the Mac Mini server. First off, it cost me extra money even though I got the system in January. I had to fork over $20 for Mountain Lion and an extra $20 for OS X Server through the App store. There were a couple of tweaks that I needed to do, most notably making the DNS point to my house router instead of a generic address that the server chose. Other than that, the update went without a hitch.
Low and behold, when I rebooted the system I could access the 3TB drive via file sharing using SMB. Also, the VNC started working again. So maybe $40 wasn't that bad of an investment. Next up, I will probably move the DHCP server to the Mac Mini as well.
- LW
This is a blog mostly about techie things, what I am doing to my apartment network on the cheap, IOT, 3D Printing, Raspberry Pis, Arduinos, ESP32, ESP8266, Home Automation, Personal Weather Stations, Things That Go Bump in the Night, and some side issues that need discussing. Remember, sometimes the journey to an end is as much fun as the goal achieved!
