2.1 -> 2.2 upgrade error

Right, i've been trying (unsucessfully) to upgrade my gallery to the latest official version. I've unpacked all the files etc in the correct places, but i hit a problem when trying to run through the installer. I get to step 2 (system checks), then it fails on the storage permissions section. I've tried chmodding the folder/subfolders from within my ftp program, and also from within Cpanel, both to no avail. I've also tried running chmod.php from lib/support/, also with no luck. I have recently moved servers, and from what i've read this could be the issue? Any help is much appreciated, as i've been tearing my hair out over this.

Hi there, thanks for the prompt reply, but i have now sorted the problem. the security of the new server is higher than that of the old one, and thus i was not allowed to chmod certain files. this has now been resolved though.

another question i have - when i first set up the gallery, i didn't specify my g2data folder outside of the gallery folder (i didn't quite understand what i was doing). this has now prompted me to move it though; how would i go about this? i know i can just transfer the data over to the new folder, but what do i have to alter to tell the gallery that it has been relocated? is it just a case of altering the path in the config.php file to point to the new absolute location outside of the public_html folder?

Ah excellent, thank you! i missed that when i skimmed through the topics.