At 08:01 AM 5/12/2004 -0800, you wrote:

> > Yes, that should be just fine. As an extra precaution, though, I'd want
> > to
> > shut down the server and do a file-copy to a CD-ROM, just for the
> > unpredicted .000000001% case. :-)
> >
> > ./hb
> >
>
>Helen,
>
>Thanks for the info. I'd like to do the file-copy to CD-ROM as well, but
>I believe if my math is correct that it would take about 120 CDs or 16 DVDs.

Ugh.

>I'll try to do a backup to another drive using the RC7 gbak, then just do
>the upgrade and try to fly with the existing database. Then if something
>goes way wrong I can restore from the backup if I have to.

:-) Backup or copy disk-to-disk would be fastest, anyway.

Must sleep...
./h