On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 09:49:51 EDT, "Margaret J. Brandt" <[log in to unmask]> said: > I need to upgrade both my UNIX server and the LISTSERV application to be = > Y2K compliant. Which should I do first? Upgrade the operating system, then the applications. It's often a good idea to have a 'crash-and-burn' system handy to test operating system upgrades. Locally, for AIX I test stuff on my workstation (a 43P-140), SGI stuff gets installed first on an Indigo2 we have handy, and we have a small pool of assorted random boxes for testing in our machine room. It isn't guaranteed (we got hosed during an AIX 4.3.0->4.3.2 upgrade this weekend because of a problem when upgrading directly without putting 4.3.1 on, which didn't surface on my machine). But especially if getting Y2K-ready involves a new release, installing on a throw-away system first means you don't get to climb the learning curve while your production server is down. *NOT* a good time to be figuring out what order the CD's have to be installed. ;) What Unixoid variant are you running? ('uname -a' will tell you). -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech