> Hi,
>
> I have been using Interbase for some years (currently IB6). I try
> to migrate
> to firebird 1.5 classic server on Windows XP.
>
> Keeping IB6 on the same machine, I installed firebird 1.5
> seemingly without
> any trouble. I made a backup file of our database with IB's gbak (actually
> with IBX service component ) before I installed FB. After installation of
> FB, I tried to restore the backup file with FB's gbak.exe, and I got
>
> gbak: gbak version WI-V1.5.0.4306 Firebird 1.5
> gbak: ERROR: unavailable database
> gbak: ERROR: failed to creaste database \fbdata\newdatabase.fdb
> gbak: ERROR: Exiting before completion due to errors
>
> I did this in the bin directory under the FB root, like
> gbak -z -r -user xxx -password yyy \fbdata\backup.gbk
> \fbdata\newdatabase.fdb
>
> I must be missing something obvious. Can anyone help this FB-newbie?
>
> Regards,
> Nobuya Higuchi

Firstly, are you absolutely sure you wanted classic? and not superserver?
Next - did you start fb? (if you mean superserver - as a servoce or an
application?
Is it running now? in the services list?

Alan