Install BIND 9.5.0-P1 over 8.4.6 (Windows 2000 Server)

[Danny Mayer]

atomic at people.net.au wrote:
> Danny Mayer wrote:
>> atomic at people.net.au wrote:
>>> Is it possible to install BIND 9.5.0-P1 over 8.4.6 without 
>>> uninstalling 8.4.6 first?
>>>
>>> The test machine has problem uninstalling 8.4.6, so I do not know if 
>>> the production machine will have the same problem. So it would be 
>>> good to skip uninstalling 8.4.6, but the current 9.5.0-P1 installer 
>>> does not allow this due to service name conflict.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>
>> You must uninstall the BIND8 code first. It will not delete the config 
>> files. The BIND9 installer cannot do this for you.
>>
>> What is the problem with uninstalling 8.4.6?
>>
>> Danny
> 
> When uninstalling 8.4.6 from Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs 
> (after stopping the named service), it says....
> 
> "An error occurred while trying to remove ISC BIND. It may have adready 
> been uninstalled. Would you like to remove ISC BIND from the Add or 
> Remove Programs list?" Yes/No
> 
> If I click Yes, ISC BIND is removed from the list but named service is 
> still there, if I click No then nothing happens.
> 
> As a result I cannot install 9.5.0-P1 because an existing named service 
> (8.4.6) is still there. So far the only way to move forward is to 
> manually delete the service from the Registry: 
> HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\ISC BIND, then reboot. But I do 
> not want to do this to the product machine. Anyone knows what's wrong?
> 
> Peter
> 
> 

Yes. Use the Uninstall button on the BINDInstall installer to uninstall.

Danny