With a samba server broadcasting by itself, Finder can see the server in the SHARED
column, but it will not be able to connect. The reason is because it cannot look up the hostname. Add an entry either in /etc/hosts
or add a host to the local DNS server, and you'll be good to go.
If the software update fails, and gets stuck into a setup loop. Boot into safe mode by holding down Shift. Then at the login screen, exit out, and restart.
To have Apache startup at boot, download the plist file and place it in the ~/Library/LaunchAgents/
directory.