It's really quite simple when you know it. This is all also somewhere in the documentation, but here are the exact steps for easy reference:
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Boot off the install media
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On another machine that has the tools installed, pull a
/System/Library/ServerSetup/sa_srchr 224.0.0.1
That should get you something like this:
localhost#1.25 GHz PowerPC G4#192.168.0.114#00:11:24:3e:62:aa#Mac OS X Server 10.4#RDY4PkgInstall#3.0#512
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Cool.
Password: the first 8 characters of your server hardware's serial number
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Set up the disks (if you have hardware RAID, remember to use megaraid!):
-sh-2.05b# diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: type name size identifier 0: Apple_partition_scheme *37.3 GB disk0 1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 KB disk0s1 2: Apple_HFS Mac OS X Server 37.1 GB disk0s3/dev/disk1
#: type name size identifier 0: CD_partition_scheme *746.0 MB disk1 1: Apple_partition_scheme 649.6 MB disk1s1 2: Apple_partition_map 31.5 KB disk1s1s1 3: Apple_Driver_ATAPI 4.0 KB disk1s1s2 4: Apple_HFS Mac OS X Server Install Disc 1 649.2 MB disk1s1s3/dev/disk2
#: type name size identifier 0: untitled *467.0 KB disk2/dev/disk3
#: type name size identifier 0: untitled *95.0 KB disk3/dev/disk4
#: type name size identifier 0: untitled *95.0 KB disk4/dev/disk5
#: type name size identifier 0: untitled *95.0 KB disk5/dev/disk6
#: type name size identifier 0: untitled *219.0 KB disk6
I want my install on disk0, also check that the disk is working OK:
-sh-2.05b# diskutil randomDisk 1 /dev/disk0
-sh-2.05b# diskutil eraseDisk "Journaled HFS+" Server disk0
Started erase on disk disk0
Creating Partition Map
5% ..
Formatting Disk 100% ..
Finished erase on disk disk0
Finished partitioning on disk disk0
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Install (this installs everything)
installer -lang en -verbose -pkg /System/Installation/Packages/OSInstall.mpkg -target /Volumes/Server
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Reboot. Run Server Assistant.