Upgrading an xserve from Tiger to Leopard

[John Summerfield]

Conrad G T Yoder wrote:

Thanks Conrad

> At 5/28/08 9:32 AM -0400, John Summerfield <osxadmin at corridors.wa.edu.au>
> wrote:
>> Once I have the system cloned (so I can revert quickly and easily), how
>> should I go about the upgrade?
> 
> Always choose the "Archive and Install" option - I foolishly did the plain
> Upgrade option from 10.4->10.5, which caused a terribly unstable system.
> You can always reinstall software that got moved after you do the upgrade.

A reason to clone the system disk is so we can go back easily. Is this 
going to harm Mac School or Filemaker?

So far as stability is concerned, why should the upgrade paths differ?

I would have thought that the only difference is that the old system is 
tucked away someplace for reference and, maybe, recovery.

-- 
John