It has begun!! Operation Mini Resurrection - I have it open!

[pqrst]

Which model is this? I have a server version and out one of hd and replaced it with a ssd. So it is set up as a ssd boot drive and a data hd. No fusion involved.

[Jerry®]

gadje wrote:
If the HD failed, it may or may not affect the rest of the machine. I don't think we can tell until you try it.

Did you ever try to boot from an external HD and see what Disk Utility says about the internal drives?

So, I got it all back together and booted it from a thumb drive - but now it's only trying to install macOS - I got to disk utility and it shows the NEW Micron drive and the thumb drive but after closing disk utility it asks where I want to install macOS and the only drive it gives as an option is the thumb drive which it say doesnt have enough space (of course). So, in disk utility it's NOT showing my spinner that I left in there plugged in. Only the new 980GB SSD I just put it......so what do I do next? Here are some photos

When I booted it up I held down OPTION but it didnt show me the various drives it jsut went straight to the installer.....?

[gadje]

he has the 2012 dual drive model. It came with "Fusion", not sure if that's the same thing as the "server model" or not, probably the hardware is almost indetical except they populated with a SSD and HD combo versus 2 HD as in the original server model.

[Fritz]

go back to DU and see if perhaps you may need to reformat, even though pretty sure Robert sent you formatted.

If that don't work, hate to say it, may have to at least disconnect the spinner.

You do realize that everyone here is gonna send you their minis to service since you'll be a highfalutin tech.

[Jerry®]

Fritz wrote:
go back to DU and see if perhaps you may need to reformat, even though pretty sure Robert sent you formatted.

If that don't work, hate to say it, may have to at least disconnect the spinner.

Why isn't it booting into the OS on the thumb drive? I thought If Disk Utility sees the new drive I could boot from the thumb drive and install it on the new SSD.....or am I missing a step?

[gadje]

Jerry® wrote:
[quote=Fritz]
go back to DU and see if perhaps you may need to reformat, even though pretty sure Robert sent you formatted.

If that don't work, hate to say it, may have to at least disconnect the spinner.

Why isn't it booting into the OS on the thumb drive? I thought If Disk Utility sees the new drive I could boot from the thumb drive and install it on the new SSD.....or am I missing a step?
I don't think there is a full OS on the thumb drive. I think it's only an installer (and recovery options). And it appears that you are booted from the thumb drive. That VendorCo is the thumb drive.

[Jerry®]

gadje wrote:
[quote=Jerry®]
[quote=Fritz]
go back to DU and see if perhaps you may need to reformat, even though pretty sure Robert sent you formatted.

If that don't work, hate to say it, may have to at least disconnect the spinner.

Why isn't it booting into the OS on the thumb drive? I thought If Disk Utility sees the new drive I could boot from the thumb drive and install it on the new SSD.....or am I missing a step?
I don't think there is a full OS on the thumb drive. I think it's only an installer (and recovery options). And it appears that you are booted from the thumb drive. That VendorCo is the thumb drive.
So, how do I get the thumb drive installer to install the OS on the new SSD?

[Fritz]

Jerry, my man, please go back and read the 1st 2 lines of my previous.

[Jerry®]

gadje wrote:
[quote=Jerry®]
[quote=Fritz]
go back to DU and see if perhaps you may need to reformat, even though pretty sure Robert sent you formatted.

If that don't work, hate to say it, may have to at least disconnect the spinner.

Why isn't it booting into the OS on the thumb drive? I thought If Disk Utility sees the new drive I could boot from the thumb drive and install it on the new SSD.....or am I missing a step?
I don't think there is a full OS on the thumb drive. I think it's only an installer (and recovery options). And it appears that you are booted from the thumb drive. That VendorCo is the thumb drive.
OMG! I got to disk utility and reformatted the new SSD and rebooted and the new SSD showed up as an availble ddrive to install the oS and is installing as we speak!!!!

[Jerry®]

Fritz wrote:
go back to DU and see if perhaps you may need to reformat, even though pretty sure Robert sent you formatted.

If that don't work, hate to say it, may have to at least disconnect the spinner.

You do realize that everyone here is gonna send you their minis to service since you'll be a highfalutin tech.

Yup so I got to DU again and reformatted the new SSD and rebooted and the new SSD showed up as an available drive to install the OS - and it's installing right now!!! YAY!!! So, since DU didnt show the spinner that I kept in the machine can I just leave it in or should I remove it?