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

[atomic at people.net.au]

Danny Mayer wrote:
> 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

Thanks Danny, that's it!