Will Server 5.5 work with Tiger?

[mdroyal]

I have a small FMP v6 network (5 clients) that is working off of Server 5.5. The server is running Mac OS 9.2 and all of the clients are Mac OS 10.4.2 In order to get rid of classic, I've started to set up another server machine that is 10.4.2 and cannot get FM Server 5.5 to stay operational. The FM Config screen has a button that says " Start FM config" or something like that and when the button is pushed, it appears to work for 15 seconds or so and then turns itself off. I'm very limited on my knowledge on FM Server and wondering if 5.5 will work with Tiger. And maybe I should upgrade to a newer version of FM Server. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any suggestion will be welcomed. Thank you.

[Steven H. Blackwell]

There have been conflicting reports of the reliability of Server (formerly Server 5.5) on OS 10.4. That OS is problemmatic enough, in and of itself. Any chance of your running that on OS 10.3.8 or 10.3.9.

Upgrading is an option. The newer versions of Server work differently than did their predecessor versions; they are far more reliable. Your choice now is to go to FileMaker Server 8. You might still find a FileMaker Server 7 somewhere in the distribution channel. In either regard, your client software will then need to be either Filemaker Pro 7.0v3 or FileMaker Pro 8.0v1.

HTH

Steven

[mdroyal]

I wasn't sure if a newer version would require newer client software, so it looks like I should make the server run on Panther. That would be the least expensive way out of this. Anyone else have any ideas?

Thanks,

Mike

[IdealData]

Are you trying to run the same license code in the same network at the same time? Maybe the OS X version is quitting because it can see the OS 9 installation.

I tinkered with Server 5.5 on OS X and remember the same happening to me.

[mdroyal]

The answer is Yes, they were on the network at the same time. I'll try it in the morning. Thank you.

MIke

[Atalanta]

I have this same problem on a client's machine, they are just installing server 5.5 for the first time on the G5 with Tiger. They were upgrading from server 3 so it's not even running on another machine.

We also get the message that server is already running. Anyone know how I can use terminal to shut down Server?? Thanks

[IdealData]

Hi Stranger in Atlanta

Check out Activity Monitor in Utilities. You can quit a process there.

If I remember Unix KILL command will also terminate processes, but I'm not sure you're going about this the right way.