On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 16:56, Karen Resplendo wrote: > Looking for best way to do this: > upgrade version 4.0.3pl1 to 4.8.3 or whatever is most current version. > Windows NT 4 box running Apache 1.3.14(win32) > The site is up 7/24 and don't want to jeoporedize this by having an > upgrade bomb. We can make changes over the weekend, but I'm looking > for a failsafe way if there is one. I'm thinking of reccomending to > the IT department that we buy a new server, install everything on it, > then get rid of original one. Would like a cheaper solution. > Interested in any or all insights and will not turn down full blown > perfect solutions either. . . .
You could, as a temporary measure, load everything you currently have onto another computer and try the upgrade. Then when you have the procedure sorted out do it on the live server, and return the borrowed computer. Not quite as certain as buying a new server, but a lot cheaper. I do not use PHP under MS Windows so I cannot advise on any problems you may encounter. You might consider upgrading the Apache httpd while you are doing an upgrade. Having said that, NT4 is out of support where I am and they were all upgraded to Win2K. HTH Chris
