> configure it > >all from scratch, and then migrate your applications and > data over to the > >new system, test everything, and then swap out the backup > server for the > >production one. > > What he said. > > Having been through several of these, this method is actually > WAY faster > than doing the "upgrade", because the inevitable errors cost almost > nothing to fix: just copy the relevant untouched files from > either the CD > or the production box. This assumes that one in fact knows what everything is. I inherited one server here, whose daddy is no longer here. There are parts of what he did that I know that I don't know, which leaves me wondering what else I don't know or know about. But no HPSUSAN to worry about; there's a paradigm shift. Greg Stigers http://www.cgiusa.com * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *