On 11.05.2011 09:19, mariuz wrote:

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> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "samcarleton"<scarleton@...> wrote:
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>> We are working on adding Firebird 2.1 to our product which is and will continue to be an IB 7.5.1 product.
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>> The reason we are adding Firebird 2.1 is for logging purposes. The logging is done in a separate DB, requiring twice the IB licenses. This is exhausting the IB licenses for our customers, so we are moving the logging to FB 2.1.
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>> When running the FB 2.1 install, it stops and says "An existing Firebird v1.0 / Interbase Server is running". We are trying to do a silent install, so is there some way to suppress this message? The /Force command line option isn't working.
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>> The problem we are having is ONLY on XP, all works fine on Windows 7 64-bit.
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> I think you need to stop ib first from services then start installing firebird 2.1.x
> For information you can check also this document (a little dated but it can give you some ideas)
> http://www.firebirdsql.org/manual/ibfbcoex-running-ib-fb-together.html

I would use the ZIP distribution for installing Firebird instead of the
installer.


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