Subject Re: [firebird-support] Firebird 1.5 upgrade procedure
Author Daniel Rail
Hi,

At December 5, 2004, 12:10, Helen Borrie wrote:

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

>>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.

His DB file is 79 GB in size.

>>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.

And, in his case almost the only option.

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Best regards,
Daniel Rail
Senior System Engineer
ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)