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Lawrence
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 Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 12:57 pm Post subject: Perhaps I'm an idiot, but... |
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I downloaded the new Windows upgrade, and installed it to the existing abyss directory. The install app did not detect the existing installation or the fact that the old version was still running. I closed it manually before installing (After picking the proper directory but before pressing go) and it happily overwrote all the old files (including the config) without asking or warning about anything.
So naturally it's all gone and I'm pissed.
May I respectfully suggest the installation software is checked for a 'detect old version' bug?
Off to re-create my univers. >=(
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aprelium
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Perhaps I'm an idiot, but... |
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| Lawrence wrote: | I downloaded the new Windows upgrade, and installed it to the existing abyss directory. The install app did not detect the existing installation or the fact that the old version was still running. I closed it manually before installing (After picking the proper directory but before pressing go) and it happily overwrote all the old files (including the config) without asking or warning about anything.
So naturally it's all gone and I'm pissed.
May I respectfully suggest the installation software is checked for a 'detect old version' bug?
Off to re-create my univers. >=(
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If you install in the same old directory, the setup will detect your configuration file and ask you if you want to keep it. By the way, there is no abyss.conf that comes with the installer. Abyss.conf is created if not present by the software when launched. If found, it is just updated.
So it seems that you did something wrong with your files prior to installing.
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s1asher
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| Posted: Mon May 12, 2003 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I can personally vouch that the installer detects the older versions (well, it has for me anyways, and I've had to go between the 2 previous ones, due to windows rollback, several times) |
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Lawrence
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 3:23 am Post subject: |
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Well I don't know what went wrong, here's an exact description of what I did (As accurately as I can remember):
Copy install file to server PC
- Windows 98, gobsa RAM, P2/450
Run install file
- Abyss still running
- Install app does not say "please shut down server" or anything of that sort
Install app does not detect existing install directory, I select it by hand
I shut down the server manually, just in case...
Press "install"
Run new Abyss version
- creates (overwrites or updates, I can't say) .conf file
- Nothing works.
That's exactly how it happened, I don't know why, I didn't do anything weird as near as I can tell, it just didn't detect the old version. I deleted the .conf and restored a very old backup .conf file, and with the exception of my Perl install everything was back to normal. Point Abyss to the Perl directory and everything's running happily again.
Also, while I'm grumbling, on this same server Abyss asks me for my registration key every time, even tho I have one and enter it when the server starts. Perhaps there's a flaw in the way it's accessing the registry? A W98 thing? It used to work fine on an XP box... |
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Gatewayy
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 6:24 pm Post subject: |
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with new update (1.15) I noticed that it over wrote my old files even thought I told it not to, it also removed everything that i had setup like users. groups, alias, custom pages, languages, etc. It did detect the old version though. I had backups of my site so it wasn't a huge deal but it was annoying to setup everything again.
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aprelium
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 7:52 pm Post subject: |
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We'll investigate that eventhough the installation script is the same (since version 1.1) and our tests did not show that behavior.
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os17fan
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2003 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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I just installed abyss 1.1.5 a couple days ago because I was worried about my password directories and it did not over write my web site and by the way here's my web site
http://www.offspringvideos.com
as you can see its already loaded with web pages
I don't see anything wrong with the new WEB SERVER , it works great 8)
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goose
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 10:57 am Post subject: |
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| im being asked to register the software...too...is there a key to be typed in or not? |
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os17fan
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2003 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Abyss will send you a registration key when you click on the register button ! for free , Im telling you Abyss is a very easy web server :D
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