Frank,I've done a number of in-place upgrades. Shut down Hobbit right before you do the make install and bring it back up when it's done.
I would strongly suggest getting the latest all-in-one patch, though. Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
I attempting to determine the best method to upgrade my hobbit 4.2-alpha-20060527 to the 4.2 version w/o losing history and keeping monitoring disruption to a minimum. Currently hobbit is installed at /home/hobbit. Any thoughts, experiences, horror stories, etc. Thanks, Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr. Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76701
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