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I'm using the web updater, and get through "Language", "Existing wiki", "Welcome to MediaWiki!" and "Connect to database" Ok

The next stage is "Upgrade existing installation", and it recognises that there is an existing db, so I say yes to upgrade.

Then it shows a box with the following:

Turning off Content Handler DB fields for this part of upgrade.
...have ipb_id field in ipblocks table.
...have ipb_expiry field in ipblocks table.
...already have interwiki table
...indexes seem up to 20031107 standards.
...have rc_type field in recentchanges table.
...index new_name_timestamp already set on recentchanges table.
...have user_real_name field in user table.
...querycache table already exists.
...objectcache table already exists.
...categorylinks table already exists.

- above this box, there is the circle of lines graphic showing it is 'working' but it just stays on that page and never moves on....

I've tried restarting the installation but get the same thing.

I installed 1.30.0 to a new directory, copied LocalSettings.php and the contents of images to the new directory. The old version (1.28.0) is in a different directory, so I can still use that at the moment....

Any ideas about why it is freezing?

Thanks

If poosible use update.php from the commandline. sometimes the web updater is a bit flaky on larger wikis