Server problems? Backup and clean install advice

[Hugh Nicoll]

Greetings all,

I am having problems with my copy of Frontier 8.0.5 running on Mac OS
10.1.3. (G4/400 w 640 MB RAM: a 266 G3 upgraded with a NewerTech G4 ZIF)

I'm also running a copy of Radio on the same machine, which remains trouble
free.

The situation in brief is that each time I try to build a new site, the
connection times out before the configuration is complete. A manual
inspection via Timbuktu reveals the new table in the manila, but I can't
login and set preferences.

This is especially troubling as I am scheduled to make a presentation on
using Manila web sites for collaborative education sites this coming
weekend. 

I would like to be able to show what I've been doing and allow workshop
participants to have a go and build a small experimental site as part of the
presentation. In a nutshell, I'm feeling a little panicky.

Tips and pointers from list gurus much appreciated. I've got back ups, so
what I'd like to do is "back up a few days" using the back up copies of the
root files, install a fresh copy of Frontier, move the existing sites into
the new install folder. Still struggling to find full answers to my
questions with the online archives.

Thanks in advance.

Hugh 
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Hugh Nicoll, Miyazaki Municipal University
Funatsuka 1-1-2, Miyazaki-shi 880-8520 JAPAN
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