Upgraded to WP 2.9.1 without help from Fantastico and it worked. I feel liberated, until something goes wrong, and I end up running to tech support for help.
Fantiastico was great for helping me get the WordPress blog started, but I was waiting to upgrade to the 2.9 versions, and I was tired of waiting.
That was so easy though, I’m tempted to try other things and probably make a mess.