Yes, I did it. I also tried on a completely new machine (with administrator account) and installed Plone 2.0.5 (never installed before), then copied old Data.fs (created with 2.0.5).
Thanks Andrea monks wrote: > > just to get into details, also copy Products/ dir from your older > version and move it to your new version alongwth Data.fs. Also , check > for permissions and ownership > > Regards, > Mayank Mathur > > > > > aprati wrote: >> Hi there, >> I'm really in trouble, pls help. I've recently updated a very old (but >> often >> used) site in which Plone 2.0.5 had been installed. Data.fs file was 2.5 >> GB! >> >> Anyway, I finally decided to update Plone to the latest version, but I >> was >> not aware of the correct procedure, so I installed the 3.1.7 by using the >> Windows installer (the PC has Windows Server 2003). The problem is that >> the >> plone 3.1.7 cannot read the Data.fs. It gave me an error on >> global_defines. >> I spent some time in trying to understand what I need to change to get it >> working. At the end, I decided to roll back to Plone 2.0.5... BUT IT DOES >> NOT WORK ANYMORE. It seems as the Data.fs has been corrupted. >> >> After installing back Plone 2.0.5 I simply copied the 2.5 GB Data.fs file >> to >> overwrite the installed Data.fs on PLONE/Data/var. Am I wrong? >> Can anyone help me and let me know how I can recover the Data.fs file >> and/or >> import it in whichever version of Plone??? >> >> Thank you very much >> Andrea >> > > _______________________________________________ > Setup mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Problem-migrating-from-Plone-2.05-to-3.1.7-%28resent%29-tp1564864p1564897.html Sent from the Installation, Setup, Upgrades mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Setup mailing list [email protected] http://lists.plone.org/mailman/listinfo/setup
